Mission Accomplished: STS-118 Recap from Lift-Off to Landing
Tags: mankpr NASA STS-118 Shuttle Endeavour liftoff from Kennedy Space Center touchdown landing spacewalk backflip
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Description: Courtesy NASA: After a spectacular liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in August of 2007, Space Shuttle Endeavour settled into orbit and a 20-year dream was realized by teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan, one of the seven crew members.
Mission STS-118's crew also included Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Alvin Drew and Dave Williams with the Canadian Space Agency.
On the first day in space, Endeavour received a careful and extensive inspection of its thermal protection system with the orbiter boom sensor system.
Before docking, Kelly piloted Endeavour through its backflip maneuver to enable the station crew members to photograph the tiles on the orbiter's belly.
The inspection revealed a small ding that after careful analysis, mission managers and crew members decided would not hamper a safe flight home.
With docking completed, the hatches opened between the orbiter and station.
Floating at 17,000 miles per hour and more than 200 miles above the Earth,the Expedition 15 crew welcomed their seven guests...and so on!!
Author: mankpr
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