Human Spaceflight Launches and Returns, 2008

Human Spaceflight Launches and Returns, 2008

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Human Spaceflight Launches and Returns, 2008
Country Flight Crew1 Dates2 Mission/payload
U.S. STS-122, Atlantis
Steve Frick
Alan Poindexter
Stanley Love
Leland Melvin
Rex Walheim
Hans Schlegel
Léopold Eyharts (u)
Daniel Tani (d)
February 720 delivery of Columbus lab module
U.S. STS-123, Endeavour
Dominic L. Gorie
Gregory H. Johnson
Richard M. Linnehan
Takao Doi
Robert L. Behnken
Michael J. Foreman
Garrett E. Reisman (u)
Léopold Eyharts (d)
March 1126 delivery of Dextre robotic system and of Kibo logistics module
Russia TMA-12 (up)
Sergey Volkov
Oleg Kononenko
Yi So-yeon
April 8 transport of replacement crew to ISS
Russia TMA-11 (down)
Yuri Malenchenko
Peggy Whitson
Yi So-yeon
April 19 return of departing ISS crew to Earth
U.S. STS-124, Discovery
Mark E. Kelly
Kenneth T. Ham
Karen L. Nyberg
Ronald J. Garan, Jr.
Michael E. Fossum
Akihiko Hoshide
Gregory E. Chamitoff (u)
Garrett E. Reisman (d)
May 31June 14 delivery of Kibo lab module
China Shenzhou 7
Zhai Zhigang
Liu Boming
Jing Haipeng
September 2528 first space walk of Shenzhou program
Russia TMA-13 (up)
Yury Lonchakov
Michael Fincke
Richard Garriott3
October 12 transport of replacement crew to ISS
Russia TMA-12 (down)
Sergey Volkov
Oleg Kononenko
Richard Garriott3
October 23 return of departing ISS crew to Earth
U.S. STS-126, Endeavour
Christopher J. Ferguson
Eric A. Boe
Stephen G. Bowen
Robert S. Kimbrough
Heidemarie M.
  Stefanyshyn-Piper
Donald R. Pettit
Sandra H. Magnus (u)
Gregory E. Chamitoff (d)
November 1430 delivery of crew equipment
1For shuttle flight, commander and pilot are listed first; for Soyuz flights, ISS commander is listed first.
2Flight dates for shuttle missions; Soyuz launch or return date for ISS missions.
3Flew as a paying passenger.
u = ISS crew member transported to station.
d = ISS crew member returned to Earth.
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