Back row (L-R): Janice Voss, Kevin Kegel, Dominic Gorie, Janet Kavandi
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Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-99), launched February 11, 2000, was the last solo flight of the Endeavour, since the rest of her flights were devoted to the International Space Station. Its crew consisted of Commander Kevin Kregel, Pilot Dominic Pudwill Gorie, Gerhard Thiele (ESA), Janet Kavandi, Janice Voss, Mamoru Mohri (NASDA).
Back row (L-R): Wendy Lawrence, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Janet Kavandi, Valery Ryumin, Andrew Thomas
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Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-91), launched June 2, 1998, was the final mission to the space station Mir. Its crew consisted of Commander Charles Precourt, Pilot Dominic Gorie, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Wendy Lawrence, Janet Kavandi and Valery Ryumin (Roscosmos).
Andrew Thomas joined the crew of Discovery, after he had spent 130 days on Mir. They returned to Earth June 12.
Front row (L-R): Gregory H. Johnson, Dominic Gorie
Back row (L-R): Richard Linnehan, Robert Behnken, Garrett Reisman, Michael Foreman, Takao Doi
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Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-123), launched March 11, 2008, delivered the first module of the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo). Its crew consisted of Commander Dominic Gorie, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson, Robert Behnken, Michael Foreman, Richard Linnehan, Takao Doi (JAXA), and Garrett Reisman.
Five spacewalks were conducted during the mission, by Linnehan, Reisman, Foreman and Behnken.
The crew returned to Earth March 27., the longest space shuttle flight. Reisman stayed on board the ISS, and astronaut Leopold Eyharts (ESA) returned with the rest of the crew.
Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie, born May 2, 1957 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is a veteran of four space shuttle missions. He was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1994 and flew as pilot on his first mission on Discovery (STS-91) in June 1998, the final space shuttle mission to Mir.
He piloted Endeavour (STS-99) in February 2000. It was the last solo flight of Endeavour, since the remainder of its missions were dedicated to the International Space Station.
Gorie's third mission was as commander of Endeavour (STS-108) in December 2001. The mission's main purpose was to deliver Expedition 4 to the ISS and bring back Expedition 3.
His final mission was as commander on Endeavour (STS-123) in March 2008. The flight set a record for the longest shuttle mission to the ISS.
L-R: Mark Kelly, Linda Godwin, Daniel Tani, Dominic Pudwill Gorie
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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.
