Stock Photo - After suiting up, the STS-123 crewmembers pause alongside the Astrovan to wave farewell to onlookers before heading for launch pad 39A for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on the STS-123 mission. From the right are NASA astronauts Dominic Gorie, commander; Garrett Reisman, mission specialist; Gregory H. Johnson, pilot; Robert L. Behnken, Mike Foreman, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takao Doi and NASA astronaut Rick Linnehan, all mission specialists. The crew will make a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station and deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre. Reisman will join Expedition 16 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the station.