STS 118 Mission: International Space Station Flight 13A.1 Primary Payload: S5 Truss Space Shuttle: Endeavour Launch Pad: 39A Launched: Aug. 8, 2007 - 6:36 pm EDT Landed: Aug. 21, 2007 - 12:32 pm EDT Mission Duration: 12 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes and 34 seconds Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 8, 2007 following a smooth countdown. The STS-118 mission was the 22nd flight to the International Space Station and Endeavour's first flight since 2002. During the mission, the combined crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station worked together to add the third starboard truss segment, the S5 truss, to the station's backbone. Commanded by Scott Kelly, the STS-118 crew comprised seven astronauts, including Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher- turned- astronaut whose association with NASA began more than 20 years ago. After 201 orbits in more than 12 days, Endeavour glided to a picture-perfect landing Aug. 21 on Runway 15 at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility.
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