STS-124

**STS-124**
Organization	NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type	Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair
Launch date	May 31, 2008
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID	2008-027A
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Experiments	Here
Alternate Names	32960
Additional Information	Here
Data Collection	Here
Payload Mass Up	15408.07 kg
Payload Mass Down	766.82 kg
Orbiter	Discovery
Lift Off Mass	2,056,856.36 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff	122,328.64 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing	92,418.18 kg
Landed	11:15 a.m. EDT, concrete runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth	217
Orbital Altitude	Approximately 185 nautical miles

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Crew

Commander: Mark E. Kelly
Pilot: Kenneth T. Ham
- Mission Specialist 1: Karen L. Nyberg
- Mission Specialist 2: Ronald J. Garan
- Mission Specialist 3: Michael E. Fossum
- Mission Specialist 4: Akihiko Hoshide, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

ISS/Mir Crew Transport

- Gregory E. Chamitoff - up only Garrett E. Reisman - down only

Mission

STS 124 is an American shuttle craft that was launched towards the International Space Station (ISS) at 21:02 UT on 31 May 2008. It carried seven astronauts (six American, and one Japanese) to the ISS. The major mission is to install the 16-tonne pressurized, second segment of the Japanese research laboratory, and to repair the liquid toilet. It was to dock with the ISS on 02 June. Three spacewalks are planned for the installation and integration of the lab. The shuttle will land back after a 14 day mission. During the launch, foam debris from the external fuel tank was observed to hit the launch pad. An inspection by the crew later found no visible impact on the shuttle itself. Supplemental information on the mission will be reported in July issue of this Bulletin.

EVA

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Mike Fossum and Ron Garan during three spacewalks for a total of 20 hours, 32 minutes. EVA 1, 6 hours, 48 minutes; Fossum and Garan prepared the Kibo JEM-PM for installation on the ISS by disconnecting cables and removing covers while Kibo was still in the shuttle's payload bay. They also assisted with the transfer of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) back to the shuttle from the station, where it had been stored since the last shuttle visit. EVA 2, 7 hours, 11 minutes; Fossum and Garan focused on external outfitting of the new module, including installing cameras that will help monitor external robotic and payload operations. EVA 3, 6 hours, 33 minutes; Fossum and Garan replaced a nitrogen tank assembly (NTA) on the station's starboard truss. After they detached the empty NTA, Garan rode the fully extended Canadarm2 from the tank's installation area to External Storage Platform-3, where it was stored until its return on the STS-126 mission.