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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After the successful STS-124 mission and landing on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Commander Mark Kelly (left) is greeted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Director of Program Management and Integration Yuichi Yamaura. Other VIPs greeting the crew are Kennedy Space Center Director Bill Parsons, Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier and NASA Associate Administrator Chris Scolese.