STS-124

Mark Kelly

• Birthday: 02/21/1964
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/05/2001
• Last Flight: 05/16/2011

Mark Edward Kelly is a retired American astronaut, engineer, and retired U.S. Navy Captain. He is the husband of former Congr...

Kenneth Ham

• Birthday: 12/12/1964
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/31/2008
• Last Flight: 05/14/2010

Kenneth Todd "Hock" Ham is a retired American astronaut and a captain in the United States Navy. Ham was selected f...

Gregory Chamitoff

• Birthday: 08/06/1962
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/31/2008
• Last Flight: 05/16/2011

Gregory Errol Chamitoff is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Spa...

Karen Nyberg

• Birthday: 10/07/1969
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/31/2008
• Last Flight: 05/28/2013

Karen LuJean Nyberg is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg became the 50th woman in space on her first...

Ronald J. Garan Jr.

• Birthday: 10/30/1961
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/31/2008
• Last Flight: 04/04/2011

Ronald John Garan Jr. is a NASA astronaut. After graduating from State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1982, he ...

Akihiko Hoshide

• Birthday: 12/28/1968
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Japan
• First Flight: 05/31/2008
• Last Flight: 04/23/2021

Akihiko Hoshide is a Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to...

Michael E. Fossum

• Birthday: 12/19/1957
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/04/2006
• Last Flight: 06/07/2011

Michael Edward Fossum is a former American astronaut and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston. He...

Mission

STS-124

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission, flown by Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. Discovery launched on 31 May 2008 at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of 25 May 2008, and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, at 11:15 EDT on 14 June 2008.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

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Agency

United Space Alliance

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.