[sarex] STS-118 CREW STATUS

[Arthur Rowe <azrowe80@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468


	
  	*STS-118
11 JULY 2007
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sts118s002 -- STS-118 crewImage above: The crew members of STS-118 pose 
for their official portrait. Pictured from the left are mission 
specialists Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio, Barbara R. Morgan, Pilot 
Charles O. Hobaugh, Commander Scott J. Kelly and mission specialists 
Tracy E. Caldwell, Canadian Space Agency's Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams, 
and Alvin Drew Jr. Credit: NASA
TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/index.html

Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission is the 22nd shuttle flight to 
the International Space Station. It will continue space station 
construction by delivering a third starboard truss segment. + Visit the 
STS-118 Educators' Resource Page 
<http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/STS-118_index.html>

U.S. Navy Commander Scott J. Kelly will command the seven-person crew of 
STS-118. U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col Charles O. Hobaugh will be 
Endeavour's pilot. Veteran astronauts Richard A. Mastracchio and Dr. 
Dafydd (Dave) Williams of the Canadian Space Agency will be returning to 
space for their second missions. Barbara R. Morgan, Tracy E. Caldwell, 
Ph. D., and Benjamin Alvin Drew round out the crew as mission specialists.

+ Read the May 3, 2007, press release 
<http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/may/HQ_07099_Drew_on_118.html>
+ Read the April 26, 2007, press release 
<http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/apr/HQ_07093_Williams_Return.html>
+ Read the April 16, 2007, press release 
<http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/apr/HQ_07089_shuttle_manifest.html>
+ Read the May 17, 2006, press release 
<http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/may/HQ_06221_Shuttle_crew_announcement.html>
+ Read the Dec. 12, 2002, press release 
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2002/h02-249.html>


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