L-R: Mark Kelly, Linda Godwin, Daniel Tani, Dominic Pudwill Gorie
Mission Patch
Endeavour (STS-108) launched December 5, 2001, was the first mission after the 9/11 attacks and the crew honored the victims during the flight. Endeavour's crew was Commander Dominic Pudwill Gorie, Pilot Mark E. Kelly, Mission Specialist Linda Godwin and Mission Specialist Daniel Tani.
She carried the crew of Expedition 4 to the International Space Station: Yuri Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch. On her return, she brought back the crew of Expedition 3: Frank Culbertson, Mikhail Turin, and Vladimir Dezhurov.
An American flag that was recovered the morning of Sept 12, 2001 from the site of the World Trade Center wreckage, a USMC flag recovered from the Pentagon and an American flag flown over the State Capital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania flew on the Endeavour that mission.
Also, 23 badges of fallen NYPD officers and 6000 small American flags to honor those lost flew on the Space shuttle. The 6000 flags were given to families who lost loved ones on 9/11.
During the mission Linda Godwin and Daniel Tani performed an EVA which lasted a little over 4 hours. Endeavour landed on December 17.
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