STS-118

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STS-118

Mission insignia
Mission statistics
Mission name:	STS-118
Shuttle:	Endeavour
Number of crew members:	7
Launch pad:	39-A
Launch:	June 28, 2007
Landing:	July 9, 2007
Duration:	11 Days
Orbit altitude:	122 nautical miles (225 km)
Orbit inclination:	51.6 degrees
Distance traveled:	TBD
Crew photo
(left to right) Mastracchio, Morgan, Hobaugh, Kelly, Caldwell, Williams, and Anderson
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STS-118 is a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, to be flown by the Space Shuttle Endeavour. It is scheduled for June 2007 and will deliver and assemble the starboard S5 truss segment to the ISS. This mission was originally scheduled for the space shuttle Columbia before the 2003 accident, which would have been its 29th mission, and would have likely been the orbiter's only visit to the space station. STS-118 will also be Endeavour's first mission since its refitting and maintenance; its last mission was STS-113 in November, 2002, the last successful flight before the accident.

This is the final Spacehab flight.

[edit] Crew

• Scott J. Kelly (2) - Commander
• Charles O. Hobaugh (2) - Pilot
• Richard Mastracchio (2) - Mission specialist 1
• Tracy Caldwell (1) - Mission specialist 2
• Dafydd Williams (2) - Mission specialist 3 -  Canada CSA
• Barbara Morgan (1) - Mission specialist 4

[edit] Launching ISS Expedition 15 Crew:

• Clayton Anderson (1) - Flight Engineer, (Mission Specialist on shuttle)

[edit] Landing ISS Expedition 15 Crew:

• Sunita Williams (1) - Flight Engineer, (Mission Specialist on shuttle)

[edit] Crew Notes

This Space Shuttle Mission Was Originally to be an assembly Mission To The International Space Station The Original Crew Was To Be:

• Scott J. Kelly (2) - Commander
• Charles O. Hobaugh (2) - Pilot
• Scott E. Parazynski (5) - Mission Specialist
• Dafydd Williams (2) - Mission specialist-  Canada CSA
• Barbara Morgan (1) - Mission specialist
• Lisa Nowak (1) - Mission Specialist

[edit] Mission parameters

• Mass: TBD
• Perigee: TBD
• Apogee: TBD
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Period: TBD

[edit] Mission highlights

Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station after flight STS-118/13A.1. (August 2006/NASA)

The STS-118 mission will deliver the starboard S5 truss segment to the International Space Station. This mission will feature mission specialist Barbara Morgan, to be the first teacher in space. Morgan trained as the backup to Christa McAuliffe, NASA's Teacher in Space candidate in 1986, who was killed in the space shuttle Challenger accident. Although McAuliffe was not a mission specialist but a payload specialist, Morgan decided to apply and was accepted into the astronaut corps (as NASA's first Educator-Astronaut). Morgan will become the first teacher in space on STS-118, and will share what she learns from the experience with students during and after her flight. This mission will also serve as Endeavour's return to flight after being grounded for refit and maintenance.

Resulting from Endeavour's planned refit, STS-118 will mark the debut of an upgraded power distribution module, the Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS). SSPTS allows Endeavour to operate from ISS power supply, converting up to 8 kiloWatts (8kW) of electrical power from 120-Volt Direct Current (120VDC) ISS main voltage to the 28VDC system used by the Shuttle Orbiter. SSPTS was outfitted to the ISS Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA2) during STS-116. These upgrades should allow the Orbiter to remain docked at the station for an additional 3-4 days each mission.^[1][2][3]

[edit] Mission Status

Endeavour (OV-105) - Endeavour remains in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, and technicians continue preparing the vehicle for its first launch in more than four years. The vehicle has undergone an extensive modification period, including the addition of all of the return-to-flight safety upgrades added to both Discovery and Atlantis. This week, initial nose landing gear door closure was performed. Preparations are under way for the installation next week of the orbiter boom sensor system, which is a 50-foot extension for the shuttle's robotic arm. Technicians completed testing the audio/visual communications systems on the orbiter. The shuttle main engine "eyelids," which are thermal barriers that protect the aft compartment, were installed. Preparations are under way for the installation of the engine mounted heat shields.

Endeavour is scheduled to move to the Vehicle Assembly Building on May 18, 2007.^[4]

[edit] STS-318

STS-318 is the designation given to the Contingency Shuttle Crew Support mission which would be launched in the event Space Shuttle Atlantis became disabled during STS-117. It is a modified version of the STS-118 mission, which would involve the launch date being brought forward. If needed, it would launch no earlier than June 9, 2007. The crew for this mission is a 4 person subset of the full STS-118 crew.

[edit] See also

• Space science
• Space shuttle
• List of space shuttle missions
• List of human spaceflights chronologically

• List of spaceflights (2007)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• STS-118 mission summary

• NASA Space Shuttle News

• STS-118 Mission News and Pictures

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