STS-123 to Begin First Spacewalk, Install JLP

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STS-123 to Begin First Spacewalk, Install JLP

Mission Specialist Rick Linnehan and Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman will kick off STS-123's first spacewalk at 9:23 p.m. EDT. Their primary goal is to prepare the Japanese Logistics Module - Pressurized Section (JLP), the first component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory, to be installed on the International Space Station early Friday morning.

Their tasks will include preparing the JLP for unberthing from space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay. They will open the Centerline Berthing Camera System on top of the Harmony module. The system provides live video to assist with docking spacecraft and modules together. The two spacewalkers also will remove the Passive Common Berthing Mechanism, the round flange which can attach to another spacecraft or module.
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› STS-123 Press Kit (4.4 Mb PDF)
› STS-123 Fact Sheet (433 Kb PDF)

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Time flies and so does the shuttle.

An important addition to the International Space Station is Japan's Kibo laboratory.
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Today, space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 00:49 p.m. (10:49 p.m. March 12 CDT).
http://kibo.jaxa.jp/en/mission/1ja/
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Endeavour in Orbit on STS-123 Mission

Endeavour delivers the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre.

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Today, space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 00:49 p.m. (10:49 p.m. March 12 CDT).

At 01:28 p.m., the hatches between the ISS and the space shuttle were opened and the STS-123 Mission crewmembers floated into the ISS. As soon as astronaut Doi entered the ISS, three members of the ISS crew welcomed him with big smiles; the ISS crew and astronaut Doi greeted each other with warm hugs.

Shortly thereafter, the STS-123 Mission crew and ISS crew started their joint operations. Before the sleep period, they completed all of the tightly scheduled tasks, such as robotic transfer of the spacelab pallet (SLP) and preparation of the mission's first Extravehicular Activity (EVA) etc.

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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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