Playlist All Aboard! Station Goes Global

Description: STS-123 will see the delivery of the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's new laboratory module, Kibo. Canada's new robotics system, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre, will also be delivered to the International Space Station. A veteran space flier, Navy Capt. Dominic L. Gorie, will command the STS-123 shuttle mission to deliver the Japanese Kibo Logistics Module and the Canadian Dextre robotics system to the International Space Station. Air Force Col. Gregory H. Johnson will serve as pilot. Mission specialists include Richard M. Linnehan, Air Force Maj. Robert L. Behnken, Navy Capt. Michael J. Foreman and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takao Doi. Johnson, Behnken and Foreman will be making their first spaceflight. The mission will deliver NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman to the complex and return European Space Agency astronaut Léopold Eyharts to Earth. STS-123 is the 25th shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
From: ReelNASA on Youtube