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STS-118

Launch: August 8, 2007, at 6:36 p.m. EDT.

Landing: August 21, 2007, at 12:32 p.m. EDT.

Space Shuttle: Endeavour

Crew: Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh, Dave Williams, Barbara R. Morgan, Rick Mastracchio, Tracy Caldwell, Alvin Drew

 

During STS-118 astronauts participated in a first for the space station. Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Morgan installed a 7,000-pound storage platform using only the station’s and shuttle’s robotic arms. During the spacewalks, astronauts installed the S5 truss, a gyroscope and external stowage platform 3.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts118-s-001

Date: May 2007

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