KSC-08pd0720
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-123 crew members are getting help with their final flight suit fit check in the White Room before entering space shuttle Endeavour for launch. In the foreground is Mission Specialist Robert L. Behnken; in the background are Pilot Gregory H. Johnson (left) and Mission Specialist Rick Linnehan. The White Room provides access into the shuttle. Liftoff was on time at 2:28 a.m. EDT. The crew will make a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station and deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre. Photo credit: NASA/Scott Haun, Richard Prickett
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KSC-08pd0720
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March 10, 2008
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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