Pictures and Video from Greg's first Space
Shuttle mission
STS-123
Greg wakes
up to a song by his brother, Gary
STS-123 Crew Portrait Space Shuttle Endeavor
(Greg is front left)
Space shuttle
Endeavour commander Dominic Gorie, right, pilot
Gregory Johnson, center and mission specialist
Garrett Reisman arrive with the rest of the crew at
Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.,
Saturday, March 8, 2008. Endeavour is on schedule to
launch March 11.(AP Photo/Terry Renna)
2/23/08
STS-123 Crew at Kennedy Space Center
Image above: From
left are Commander Dominic Gorie;
Mission Specialists Takao Doi of the
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,
Garrett Reisman and Rick Linnehan;
Pilot Gregory H. Johnson; and
Mission Specialists Robert L.
Behnken and Mike Foreman. Photo
credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett › High-res Image
Feb. 23, 2008 The crew of space shuttle
Endeavour's STS-123 mission arrived
at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
Florida for the terminal countdown
demonstration test on Saturday to
prepare for the upcoming launch
targeted for March 11. The seven
astronauts arrived in T-38 jet
aircraft between 10:45 and 10:58
a.m. EST.
The terminal countdown demonstration
test provides astronauts and ground
crews with an opportunity to
participate in various simulated
countdown activities, including
equipment familiarization and
emergency training. › More About TCDT
On Sunday morning, the crew will
take questions from the media at
Launch Pad 39A at 9:20 a.m. The Q&A
will be carried live on
NASA TV.
The STS-123 terminal countdown
demonstration test is scheduled to
wrap up Monday, followed by the
crew’s return to NASA’s Johnson
Space Center in Houston.
Endeavour's flight crew includes
Commander Dominic Gorie, Pilot
Gregory Johnson and Mission
Specialists Rick Linnehan, Robert
Behnken, Mike Foreman, Garrett
Reisman and the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency's, Takao Doi.
The crew will deliver the first
section of the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory
and the Canadian Space Agency's
two-armed robotic system, Dextre.
Space shuttle Endeavour is targeted
to launch March 11 at 2:28 a.m. EDT
on its 16-day mission to the
International Space Station.
9/14/07
Greg Johnson in the News
Fairborn Daily Herald
9/22/2007 12:02:00 PM
T-minus 5 months Fairborn native to pilot Space Shuttle in February
By KAREN RASE
Community Correspondent
WPAFB - Traveling 520 mph in a T-38 jet from
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's flightline to the
Johnson Space Center in Houston may seem pretty fast to
most "earthbound" individuals, but come February 2008,
Col. Gregory H. Johnson will learn first-hand what it's
like to go "really fast," a mind-blowing 25,000 mph
straight up into the pitch black darkness of space.
Johnson, a former Fairborn Park Hills graduate and
valedictorian of his 1980 class, was in town briefly
Tuesday and discussed his upcoming NASA mission of
piloting the Endeavour Space Shuttle (STS-123) come
Valentine's Day. His target - the International Space
Station, a mere 250 miles above the earth.
"Training is very, very busy as you might expect," said
Johnson, who has waited 10 years for this opportunity.
He'll be spending two weeks in the ISS with six other
crewmates and has hopes of commanding a future mission
before NASA pulls the plug on travel to the ISS in 2010.
"A lot of space flight is mundane stuff," added Johnson
who'll be busy operating the station's internal robotic
arm. He'll also be familiarizing himself with the
Canadian Space Agency's "Dextre" robotic system and
examining a section of Japan's Aerospace Exploration
Agency's Kibo Lab.
Although it takes only 8 1/2 minutes to reach the space
station (roughly the size of a football field), from
earth, the crew will spend three days preparing to dock
with the ISS, the world's largest orbiting laboratory.
The former Operation Desert Storm combat pilot resides
in Texas with his wife Cari and their three children.
Johnson's brother is noted musician and Fairborn Civic
Band Director, Gary Johnson.
Johnson, 45, will be the keynote speaker at the Dayton
Engineer's Club on Friday, Nov. 16. The public is
invited to hear his presentation on "Flying the Space
Shuttle - Post Columbia." To make dinner reservations
for this event, call 937-228-2148.
On Saturday, Nov. 17, Johnson will present a 1:30 p.m.
lecture in the auditorium at the National Museum of the
U.S. Air Force's Family Day event. This event is free
and open to the public.
