STS-124
Kibō's pressurized module, two days after its installation, with Discovery in the background | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-124 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2008-027A |
| SATCAT no. | 32960 |
| Mission duration | 13 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes 7 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 9,230,622.6 kilometers (5,735,643.0 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 217 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 122,072 kilograms (269,123 lb) |
| Landing mass | 92,220 kilograms (203,320 lb) |
| Payload mass | 17530 kg |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | May 31, 2008, 21:02:12 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | June 14, 2008, 15:15:19 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 307 kilometres (166 nmi) |
| Apogee altitude | 328 kilometres (177 nmi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
| Docking date | June 2, 2008, 18:03 UTC |
| Undocking date | June 11, 2008, 11:42 UTC |
| Time docked | 8 days, 17 hours, 39 minutes |
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From left to right: Chamitoff, Fossum, Ham, Kelly, Nyberg, Garan and Hoshide | |
STS-124 was the 35th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It went to the International Space Station on this mission. Discovery launched on May 31, 2008, at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of May 25, 2008, and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, at 11:15 EDT on June 14, 2008. Its objective was to deliver the largest module of the space station – Kibō, the Japanese Experiment Module pressurized section. The mission is also referred to as ISS-1J by the ISS program.