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*STS-118 11 JULY 2007 * 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