page_title: Scott Kelly (astronaut)
section_title: STS-118
hierarchical_section_title: Scott Kelly (astronaut) / NASA career / STS-118
caption_attribution_description: STS-118 crew official portrait. Pictured from the left are astronauts Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio, mission specialist; Barbara R. Morgan, a mission specialist and NASA's first educator astronaut; Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot; Scott J. Kelly, commander; mission specialists Tracy E. Caldwell, Canadian Space Agency's Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams, and B. Alvin Drew. The crewmembers are attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits. NASA astronaut Clayton C. Anderson was to have joined Expedition 15 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-118, but was rescheduled and sent to the ISS early, on STS-117.
context_page_description: Scott Joseph Kelly is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46.
  Kelly's first spaceflight was as pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-103 in December 1999. This was the third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, and lasted for just under eight days. Kelly's second spaceflight was as mission commander of STS-118, a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to the ISS in August 2007. Kelly's third spaceflight was as a crewmember on Expedition 25/26 on the ISS. He arrived at the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-01M on 9 October 2010, and served as a flight engineer until he took over command of the station on 25 November 2010 at the start of Expedition 26. Expedition 26 ended on 16 March 2011 with the departure of Soyuz TMA-01M.
  In November 2012, Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were selected for a year-long mission to the ISS. Their year in space began with the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M on March 27, 2015, and they remained on the station for Expeditions 43, 44, 45, and 46.
context_section_description: After completing his assignment as a back-up member for ISS Expedition 5 in 2002, Kelly was assigned as commander of STS-118 aboard Endeavour.  After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, STS-118 was delayed until August 2007.  STS-118 launched on August 8, 2007.  During the launch, the orbiter was struck by nine pieces of foam from the external tank just as Columbia had been on its final, fatal mission.  The underside of Endeavour was examined by cameras on the robotic arm and the ISS, and was assessed to not be dangerously damaged.  The Shuttle successfully docked with the ISS on August 10.  Endeavour's crew successfully added a truss segment, an external spare-parts platform, and a control moment gyroscope and  to the ISS.  The mission was extended to 14 days while testing a new system that enabled docked shuttles to draw electrical power from the station.  During the mission, four EVAs to install the new equipment were completed.  The mission was ended a day early because of the approach of Hurricane Dean towards Houston.  STS-118 completed 201 orbits, and landed on August 21, 2007 at the Kennedy Space Center, after 12 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes, and 34 seconds.
caption: The crew of STS-118. (2007)
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