Human Spaceflight Launches and Returns, 2008

Country Flight Crew¹ Dates² Mission/payload

U.S. STS-122, Atlantis

● Steve Frick

● Alan Poindexter

● Stanley Love

● Leland Melvin

● Rex Walheim

● Hans Schlegel

● L&\\#x00e9;opold Eyharts (u)

● Daniel Tani (d)

February 7–20 delivery of Columbus lab module

U.S. STS-123, Endeavour

● Dominic L. Gorie

● Gregory H. Johnson

● Richard M. Linnehan

● Takao Doi

● Robert L. Behnken

● Michael J. Foreman

● Garrett E. Reisman (u)

● L&\\#x00e9;opold Eyharts (d)

March 11–26 delivery of Dextre robotic system and of Kibo logistics module

Russia TMA-12 (up)

● Sergey Volkov

● Oleg Kononenko

● Yi So-yeon

April 8 transport of replacement crew to ISS

Russia TMA-11 (down)

● Yuri Malenchenko

● Peggy Whitson

● Yi So-yeon

April 19 return of departing ISS crew to Earth

U.S. STS-124, Discovery

● Mark E. Kelly

● Kenneth T. Ham

● Karen L. Nyberg

● Ronald J. Garan, Jr.

● Michael E. Fossum

● Akihiko Hoshide

● Gregory E. Chamitoff (u)

● Garrett E. Reisman (d)

May 31–June 14 delivery of Kibo lab module

China Shenzhou 7

● Zhai Zhigang

● Liu Boming

● Jing Haipeng

September 25–28 first space walk of Shenzhou program

Russia TMA-13 (up)

● Yury Lonchakov

● Michael Fincke

● Richard Garriott³

October 12 transport of replacement crew to ISS

Russia TMA-12 (down)

● Sergey Volkov

● Oleg Kononenko

● Richard Garriott³

October 23 return of departing ISS crew to Earth

U.S. STS-126, Endeavour

● Christopher J. Ferguson

● Eric A. Boe

● Stephen G. Bowen

● Robert S. Kimbrough

● Heidemarie M.

Stefanyshyn-Piper

● Donald R. Pettit

● Sandra H. Magnus (u)

● Gregory E. Chamitoff (d)

November 14–30 delivery of crew equipment

● ¹For shuttle flight, commander and pilot are listed first; for Soyuz flights, ISS commander is listed first.

● ²Flight dates for shuttle missions; Soyuz launch or return date for ISS missions.

● ³Flew as a paying passenger.

● u = ISS crew member transported to station.

● d = ISS crew member returned to Earth.