STS 118

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General

Launch id	07035
Launch date	8 Aug 2007 at 22:36 UT
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC39A
Type	Endeavour
Crew	Scott J. Kelly, Commander Charles O. Hobaugh, Pilot Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio Barbara R. Morgan Tracy E. Caldwell Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams, Canadian Space Agency Alvin Drew Jr
Landing date	21 Aug 2007 at 16:32 UT
Landing site	Cape Canaveral
Payload	none

ISS mission to add the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment + new gyroscope

A spacewalk was considered, but not executed, to repair a deep 9 cm2 gouge in the shuttle's heat tiles, that was caused by an insulation piece from the external fuel tank during launch.

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External resources

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/index.html

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