45th Space Wing supports NASA's successful launch of Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle Endeavour, on the STS-123 mission, lights up Launch Pad 39A and the night sky. Liftoff was on time at 2:28 a.m. (EDT) March 11. 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. (NASA photo/Jim Grossmann)