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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- STS-123 Commander Dominic Gorie, right front, is greeted by Kennedy Space Center Director Bill Parsons at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. Behind them, LeRoy Cain, chair of the mission management team, welcomes Mission Specialist Mike Foreman. Space shuttle Endeavour landed on Runway 15 to end the STS-123 mission, a 16-day flight to the International Space Station. This was the 16th night landing at Kennedy. The main landing gear touched down at 8:39:08 p.m. EDT. The nose landing gear touched down at 8:39:17 p.m. and wheel stop was at 8:40:41 p.m. The mission completed nearly 6.6 million miles. The landing was on the second opportunity after the first was waved off due to unstable weather in the Kennedy Space Center area. The STS-123 mission delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett