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STS-124 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Personnel watching the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery from the Launch Control Center
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STS124-S-016 (31 May 2008) --- View of personnel watching the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery through the windows of the Launch Control Center at the Kennedy Space Center. Discovery lifted off from launch pad 39A at 5:02 p.m. (EDT). The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the International Space Station. It is the second of three flights launching components to complete JAXA's Kibo laboratory. During the mission, the shuttle crew will install Kibo's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system. Onboard are astronauts Mark Kelly, commander; Ken Ham, pilot; Karen Nyberg, Mike Fossum, Ron Garan, Greg Chamitoff and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, all mission specialists. Chamitoff will join Expedition 17 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the station.

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 06/02/2008
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