STS-124
STS-124 was the 35th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It went to the International Space Station on this mission. Discovery launched on May 31, 2008, at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of May 25, 2008, and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, at 11:15 EDT on June 14, 2008. Its objective was to deliver the largest module of the space station – Kibō, the Japanese Experiment Module pressurized section. The mission is also referred to as ISS-1J by the ISS program.
- Program
- Space Shuttle program
- Launch
- May 31, 2008
- Return
- Jun 14, 2008
- Duration
- 14 days
- Outcome
- Success
Crew
- 🇺🇸 Gregory Chamitoff —
- 🇺🇸 Michael E. Fossum —
- 🇺🇸 Ronald J. Garan —
- 🇺🇸 Kenneth Ham —
- 🇯🇵 Akihiko Hoshide —
- 🇺🇸 Mark Kelly —
- 🇺🇸 Karen L. Nyberg —
- 🇺🇸 Garrett Reisman —