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STS-124 MISSION OVERVIEW................................................................................................
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TIMELINE OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................
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MISSION PROFILE...................................................................................................................
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MISSION PRIORITIES.............................................................................................................
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MISSION PERSONNEL .............................................................................................................
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STS-124 DISCOVERY CREW ...................................................................................................
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PAYLOAD OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................
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KIBO’S MAIN EXPERIMENT MODULE AND ROBOTIC ARM FLY TO THE STATION ...................................
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THE STS-124 MISSION WILL BRING KIBO INTO A FULLY OPERATIONAL STATE ...................................
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KIBO ASSEMBLY MISSION PATCH.......................................................................................................
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WHY ARE THREE FLIGHTS REQUIRED TO DELIVER THE KIBO ELEMENTS TO THE SPACE STATION ? .....
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KIBO-RELATED MISSIONS WILL CONTINUE .........................................................................................
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JAPANESE PRESSURIZED MODULE (JPM) OVERVIEW...........................................................................
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KIBO-SPECIFIC STRUCTURES .............................................................................................................
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PAYLOAD RACKS ABOARD KIBO ..........................................................................................................
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KIBO MISSION CONTROL CENTER .......................................................................................................
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JAXA FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM ..............................................................................................................
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JEM ENGINEERING TEAM .....................................................................................................................
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TSUKUBA SPACE CENTER ....................................................................................................................
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SPACE STATION OPERATION FACILITY................................................................................................
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RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING ..................................................................................................
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UNDOCKING, SEPARATION AND DEPARTURE .......................................................................................
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SPACEWALKS .........................................................................................................................
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EVA-1 ..................................................................................................................................................
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EVA-2 ..................................................................................................................................................
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EVA-3 ..................................................................................................................................................
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EXPERIMENTS .........................................................................................................................
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SHORT-DURATION U.S. INTEGRATED RESEARCH TO BE COMPLETED DURING STS-124/1J (4) ............
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SAMPLES RETURNING FROM ISS ON STS-124 .....................................................................................
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EXPERIMENTS AND HARDWARE TO BE DELIVERED TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ....................
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EXTERNAL FUEL TANK ET-128 FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-124 ..............................
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SHUTTLE REFERENCE DATA ....................................................................................................
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LAUNCH AND LANDING ...........................................................................................................
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LAUNCH...............................................................................................................................................
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ABORT-TO-ORBIT ................................................................................................................................
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TRANSATLANTIC ABORT LANDING ......................................................................................................
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RETURN-TO-LAUNCH-SITE...................................................................................................................
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ABORT ONCE AROUND .........................................................................................................................
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LANDING .............................................................................................................................................
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .........................................................................................
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MEDIA ASSISTANCE ...............................................................................................................
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACTS ..................................................................................................
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STS-124 MISSION OVERVIEW
 
Astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left), Expedition 17 flight engineer; JAXA’s Akihiko Hoshide,  
Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Karen Nyberg, all STS‐124 mission specialists; Mark Kelly  
and Ken Ham, STS‐124 commander and pilot, respectively, pose for a group photo  
before a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at JSC. 
 
The third space shuttle mission of the year will 
deliver the Kibo pressurized science laboratory 
to the International Space Station (ISS), further 
expanding the Japanese segment of the orbital 
outpost. 
the  Harmony  connecting  node,  opposite  the 
European  Columbus  science  lab  that  was 
installed in February. 
This  is Kelly’s  third  flight  into  space,  having 
served as pilot on STS‐108 and STS‐121.  He will 
be  joined  on  Discovery  by  pilot  and  Navy 
Cmdr.  Ken  Ham,  43.  Mission  specialists 
include  Karen  Nyberg  (NYE‐berg),  38,  Air 
Force Col. Ron Garan (GAH‐run), 46, Air Force 
Reserve Col. Mike Fossum (FAH‐sum), 50, and 
Japanese  Aerospace  Exploration  Agency 
(JAXA)  astronaut  Akihiko  Hoshide 
Led  by  Navy  Cmdr.  Mark  Kelly,  44,  space 
shuttle  Discovery  is  set  to  blast  off  at  
5:02  p.m.  EDT  on May  31  and  arrive  at  the 
space  station  two  days  later.  The  shuttle  
and  station  crews  will  install  the  37‐foot, 
32,000‐pound  Kibo  science  lab,  or  JPM,  for 
Japanese Pressurized Module, to the left side of 
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