STS-118

Scott Kelly

• Birthday: 02/21/1964
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/20/1999
• Last Flight: 03/27/2015

Scott Joseph Kelly is an engineer, retired American astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy Captain. A veteran of four space fligh...

Charles "Scorch" Hobaugh

• Birthday: 11/05/1961
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/12/2001
• Last Flight: 11/16/2009

Charles Owen "Scorch" Hobaugh is a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer. He has had three ...

Barbara Morgan

• Birthday: 11/28/1951
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/08/2007
• Last Flight: 08/08/2007

Barbara Radding Morgan is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program a...

Alvin Drew

• Birthday: 11/05/1962
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/08/2007
• Last Flight: 02/24/2011

Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He has been on two spaceflights; the f...

Dafydd Williams

• Birthday: 05/16/1954
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Canada
• First Flight: 04/17/1998
• Last Flight: 08/08/2007

Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams OC (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker and a retired CSA astron...

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

• Birthday: 08/14/1969
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/08/2007
• Last Flight: 03/23/2024

Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Ende...

Richard Mastracchio

• Birthday: 02/11/1960
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 09/08/2000
• Last Flight: 11/07/2013

Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has flown on three NASA Space...

Mission

STS-118

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

STS-118 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by the orbiter Endeavour.

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.