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Mission STS-123 – Fast Facts on the mission that delivered Dextre to the International Space Station (ISS)

• 122^nd Space Shuttle flight
• 25^th ISS assembly mission
• 21^st flight for Endeavour
• Launched: March 11, 2008
• Duration: 15 days

 

About the mission:

• Dextre, the third and final component of the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, was delivered to the International Space Station and installed.
• Five spacewalks were carried out, including three to assemble Dextre.
• The first element of the Japan Experimental Module of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was installed on the Station.

Crew:

• Dominic L. Gorie : Commander
• Gregory H. Johnson : Pilot
• Richard M. Linnehan : Mission Specialist
• Robert L. Behnken : Mission Specialist
• Michael J. Foreman : Mission Specialist
• Takao Doi : Mission Specialist; JAXA Astronaut
• Garrett E. Reisman : Expedition 16 and 17 Flight Engineer
• Léopold Eyharts : Expedition 16 Flight Engineer; European Space Agency Astronaut

From left to right: Michael J. Foreman, Garrett E. Reisman, Robert L. Behnken, Takao Doi,
Richard M. Linnehan, Gregory H. Johnson, Dominic L. Gorie, and Léopold Eyharts