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Liftoff of Space Shuttle Endeavour. May 2011

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sts13-42001

Date

2011-05-23

Space shuttle Endeavour's main engines and solid rocket boosters burst into life lifting the shuttle from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour began its final flight, the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station, at 8:56 a.m. EDT on May 16. Endeavour and its six-member crew will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), Express Logistics Carrier-3, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper to the space station.