The seven astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour will cast off from the International Space Station (ISS) late Monday after a record-long stay at the orbiting laboratory.
Astronaut Rick Linnehan, STS-123 mission specialist, drinks a beverage on the middeck of space Shuttle Endeavour after its March 11, 2008 launch. Crewmate Garrett Reisman is at right and will join the Expedition 16 crew aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
A tear occurred in one of the International Space Station's (ISS) solar array wings during unfurling on Oct. 30, 2007. STS-120 astronauts George Zamka and Stephanie Wilson discovered the tear, but IS commander Peggy Whitson called for the halt to the unfurling operation started by mission control at Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA TV
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STS-120 commander Pamela Melroy, NASA's second female shuttle commander, guides Discovery in to an Oct. 25, 2007 docking at the International Space Station (ISS), where Peggy Whitson - the station's first female commander - and her crew awaited the orbiter's arrival. Credit: NASA TV.