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[[Space Shuttle]] [[Discovery]] launched from NASA’s [[Kennedy Space Center|KSC]] at 21:02 (UT), commencing Mission [[STS- 124]] to the [[ISS]]. During liftoff, observers noticed pieces of insulating foam falling from [[Discovery]]’s external fuel tank; however, NASA officials stated that they were not worried about the foam, since it had fallen after the time when it could have damaged the spacecraft. Seven crew members were aboard the [[Space Shuttle]], including American astronauts, Commander [[Mark E. Kelly]], Pilot [[Kenneth T. Ham]], [[Gregory E. Chamitoff]], [[Michael E. Fossum]], [[Ronald J. Garan]] Jr., and [[Karen L. Nyberg]], and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. During the mission, the astronauts planned to repair a broken toilet on the [[ISS]] and to install on the Japanese [[Kibo]] laboratory a new, 16-tonne (16,000-kilogram or 35,273-pound) room, known as the Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM). The astronauts planned three spacewalks. In addition to installing the JPM, they intended to clean a damaged power-supply rotary joint and to perform routine maintenance. NASA planned for the mission to last for 14 days. Garrett E. Reisman, who had been aboard the [[ISS]] since March 2008, would return to Earth with the [[STS-124]] crew, and Chamitoff would remain aboard the [[ISS]] in his place. ''Spacewarn Bulletin, no. 655; NASA, “NASA’s Shuttle [[Discovery]] Launches with Japanese Laboratory,” news release 08-136, 31 May 2008, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/may/HQ_08136_STS-124_launch_release.html (accessed 16 March 2011); John Schwartz, “Shuttle [[Discovery]] Heads Toward the Space Station,” New York Times, 1 June 2008.'' [[May 1 2008|1]] [[May 2 2008|2]] [[May 3 2008|3]] [[May 4 2008|4]] [[May 5 2008|5]] [[May 6 2008|6]] [[May 7 2008|7]] [[May 8 2008|8]] [[May 9 2008|9]] [[May 10 2008|10]] [[May 11 2008|11]] [[May 12 2008|12]] [[May 13 2008|13]] [[May 14 2008|14]] [[May 15 2008|15]] [[May 16 2008|16]] [[May 17 2008|17]] [[May 18 2008|18]] [[May 19 2008|19]] [[May 20 2008|20]] [[May 21 2008|21]] [[May 22 2008|22]] [[May 23 2008|23]] [[May 24 2008|24]] [[May 25 2008|25]] [[May 26 2008|26]] [[May 27 2008|27]] [[May 28 2008|28]] [[May 29 2008|29]] [[May 30 2008|30]] [[May 31 2008|31]] *[[June 2008|June]]

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