NASA Shuttle Launches (70 images)

Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, STS-123 mission specialist astronaut Rick Linnehan participates in the mission's first scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station on March 14, 2008. During the seven-hour and one-minute spacewalk, Linnehan and Expedition 16 flight engineer astronaut Garrett Reisman (out of frame) prepared the Japanese logistics module-pressurized section (JLP) for removal from Space Shuttle Endeavour's payload bay, opened the Centerline Berthing Camera System on top of the Harmony module, removed the Passive Common Berthing Mechanism and installed both the Orbital Replacement Unit (ORU) tool change out mechanisms on the Dexter robotic system, the final element of the station's Mobile Servicing System. (UPI Photo/NASA)

Space Shuttle Endeavour hurtles into the night sky on the STS-123 mission at 2:28 a.m. on March 11, 2008. The crew will make a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station and deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre. (UPI Photo/NASA/Fletcher Hildreth)

This NASA image taken by a crewmember aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shows an overhead view of part of Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin, part of its payload bay doors, docking system and part of the Dextre robotic system as the ISS crew investigates Endeavours heat shield for damage, March 12, 2008. Endeavour and her seven man crew are on a 16 day service mission to the ISS to install the Japanese-built Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's robotic arm system. (UPI Photo/NASA)

Expedition 16 flight engineer Astronaut Garrett Reisman uses a digital camera to expose a photo of his helmet visor during the mission's first scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) at the International Space Station on March 14, 2008. Also visible in the reflections in the visor are various components of the station, the docked Space Shuttle Endeavour and a blue and white portion of Earth. During the seven-hour and one-minute spacewalk, Reisman and STS-123 mission specialist astronaut Rick Linnehan (out of frame) prepared the Japanese logistics module-pressurized section (JLP) for removal from Space Shuttle Endeavour's payload bay, opened the Centerline Berthing Camera System on top of the Harmony module, removed the Passive Common Berthing Mechanism and installed both the Orbital Replacement Unit (ORU) tool change out mechanisms on the Dexter robotic system, the final element of the station's Mobile Servicing System. (UPI Photo/NASA)