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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 crew members acknowledge well-wishers as they exit the Operations and Checkout Building. In front are Pilot Gregory H. Johnson (left), Mission Specialist Garrett Reisman (center) and Commander Dominic Gorie (right). In the middle are Mission Specialists Robert L. Behnken and Mike Foreman. In the back are Takao Doi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Rick Linnehan. Reisman will remain on the International Space Station as a flight engineer. The crew will make a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station. On STS-123, Endeavour and its crew will deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre. Launch is scheduled for 2:28 a.m. EDT March 11. Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews