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RE: STS-123

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The trajectory for the STS 123 marked off at 30-second intervals.

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NASA managers have cleared the US space shuttle Endeavour for lift-off at 06:28 GMT, March 11th, 2008, from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
The 16-day mission will deliver the first parts of a Japanese science laboratory module, a Canadian robotic arm to the international space station, and include five spacewalks.

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After safely reaching its launch pad Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, the space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-123 mission. A full launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, is scheduled to take place at Kennedy from Feb. 23 to 25.

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Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Monday, Feb. 18, as preparations move forward for the STS-123 mission. Endeavour is targeted to lift off March 11 on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station.
The first motion of the shuttle out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is scheduled for 7 a.m. EST. The fully assembled space shuttle, consisting of the orbiter, external tank and twin solid rocket boosters, will be mounted on a mobile launcher platform and delivered to the pad on top of a crawler transporter. The crawler will travel slower than 1 mph during the 3.4-mile journey. The process is expected to take approximately six hours.

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