Mission

JAXA held the STS-123 (1J/A) Mission General Debriefing on May 10, 2008. This mission debriefing, which was arranged in a talk show style, was a part of astronaut Doi's homecoming event intended for Japanese public.

The space shuttle Endeavour landed on the runway of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 9:39 a.m. today.

Today, seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour concentrated on the preparations for a landing on March 27, 2008.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew left the International Space Station (ISS) at 9:25 a.m. today after completing a successful 12-day docked operation.

The ISS and STS-123 Mission crew participated in the joint crew news conference. In preparation for the undocking on FD15, the STS-123 Mission crewmembers checked out the rendezvous tools.

Today, a pair of spacewalkers completed the mission's fifth extravehicular activity (EVA#5).

Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the STS-123 Mission crew carried out the shuttle's heat shield inspection known as "late inspection" using the shuttle's robotic arm (SRMS) and the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS).

The mission's fourth extravehicular activity (EVA#4) was carried out today by STS-123 mission specialists Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman.