NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on March 11

U.S. Newswire, February, 2008

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

Contact: Michael Curie, Headquarters, Washington, 1-202-358- 4715, michael.curie@nasa.gov, or Candrea Thomas, Kennedy Space Center, Fla., 1-321-867-2468, candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov, both of NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA senior managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected March 11 as the official launch date for the STS-123 mission. Commander Dominic Gorie and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station at 2:28 a.m. EDT.

During the 16-day mission, the crew will deliver and install the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system,...

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