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    STS-118 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by the orbiter Endeavour. STS-118 lifted off on August 8, 2007, from...
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    under eight days. Kelly's second spaceflight was as mission commander of STS-118, a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to the ISS in August 2007. Kelly's third...
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    and competing in triathlons. Biography portal Spaceflight portal STS-104 STS-118 STS-129  This article incorporates public domain material from websites...
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    Mastracchio flew as a mission specialist on STS-106. His next mission was STS-118 in August 2007, followed by STS-131 in April 2010. He has logged over 5...
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    astronaut. She was a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and part of the Expedition 23 and Expedition 24 crew on...
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    the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. She then trained as a mission specialist, and flew on STS-118 in August 2007. She...
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    spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August...
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    Alvin Drew (section STS-118)
    Shuttle mission STS-118 to the International Space Station, in August 2007. Drew's second spaceflight took place in March 2011 on STS-133, another mission...
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    triple-redundant 3-string GPS would not happen until 14 years later with STS-118 in 2007. STS-51 was notable for having been scrubbed three times on the launchpad...
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    STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It was planned as the first...
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    Before the accident, Columbia had been assigned to missions STS-118 and STS-121. The STS-118 mission, also an International Space Station flight, was at...
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    and 800mm lenses for taking photos out of two windows of the ISS. During STS-118 the RPM of Endeavour was photographed by Expedition 15. The maneuver was...
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    It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1992 and its 25th and final mission, STS-134, in May 2011. STS-134 was expected to be the final mission...
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    Oklahoma, Texas, and Georgia. Educator Astronaut Project STS-118 Michael Griffin, NASA TV: STS-118 Post-Landing briefing "Astronaut bio S. Christa Corrigan...
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    period until STS-118 in 2007 which include modernizing the cockpit, and also the final shuttle mission before the Columbia disaster. STS-113 was an Assembly...
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    STS-116 Nancy Currie – STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109 Jan Davis – STS-47, STS-60, STS-85 Alvin Drew – STS-118, STS-133 Brian Duffy – STS-45, STS-57...
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    Endeavour that occurred on STS-118, in August 2007, NASA managers announced that they expected to add a fifth spacewalk to the STS-120 mission, designed to...
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    the ISS Integrated Truss Structure was expanded twice: STS-117 brought the S3/S4 truss, and STS-118 brought the S5 truss. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams...
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  • Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53 Karol...
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  • STS-95, STS-100, STS-120 Arcadia: Tracy Caldwell — STS-118, Soyuz TMA-18 Arcadia: Steven W. Lindsey — STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121, STS-133 French...
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    International Space Station on STS-102, ESP-2 flew on mission STS-114 'Return to Flight' and ESP-3 on mission STS-118. The first of the external stowage...
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    Expedition 15 STS-120 (Discovery; landed from ISS) STS-131 (Discovery) Tracy Caldwell (2 flights) STS-118 (Endeavour) Soyuz TMA-18 Flight engineer, Expedition...
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    Joint Airlock) STS-118 Endeavour (ISS assembly mission – launched the S5 Truss Segment) STS-129 Atlantis James M. Kelly (2 flights) Pilot, STS-102 Discovery...
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    12, 2006, during the first EVA of mission STS-116. The S5 truss was brought into orbit by mission STS-118 and installed on August 11, 2007. The P6 truss...
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    STS-118 (2007) Lee M.E. Morin — STS-110 (2002) Richard Mullane — STS-41-D (1984), STS-27 (1988), STS-36 (1990) Story Musgrave — STS-6 (1983), STS-51-F...
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    after STS-118. It was to service the Hubble Space Telescope two more times between 2004 and 2005. Following the Columbia accident, NASA flew the STS-125...
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    commencing with STS-118. One half of the original P6 solar array installed by STS-97 was folded to make room for the new P4 array deployed by STS-115 to rotate...
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  • (PDF) on 20 January 2009. "DOD Support to manned space operations for STS-118". norad.mil. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2023. Doyle W. Hensley; Marissa...
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    missions STS-116 and STS-118 respectively. For comprehensive description of the S3/S4 truss segment and more information, also see The STS-117 mission delivered...
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    to the STS-135 crew and served as CAPCOM for the STS-118, STS-128, and STS-129 missions. Ferguson made his first space flight as pilot of STS-115 in 2006...
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