Endeavour's final flight

Dawn.com Published May 17, 2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MAY 15: Flags fly in front of the space shuttle Endeavour as it sits on launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center. ? Photo by AFP
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MAY 15: Flags fly in front of the space shuttle Endeavour as it sits on launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center. ? Photo by AFP
The crew of space shuttle Endeavour (L-R) Pilot Greg H. Johnson, Mission Specialist Roberto Vittori of Italy and the European Space Agency, Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff, Mission Specialist Drew Feustel, Mission Specialist Mike Fincke and Mission Commander Mark Kelly depart their quarters for Launch Pad 39A. ? Photo by Reuters
The crew of space shuttle Endeavour (L-R) Pilot Greg H. Johnson, Mission Specialist Roberto Vittori of Italy and the European Space Agency, Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff, Mission Specialist Drew Feustel, Mission Specialist Mike Fincke and Mission Commander Mark Kelly depart their quarters for Launch Pad 39A. ? Photo by Reuters
The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad. ? Photo by AFP
The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad. ? Photo by AFP
Photographers set up cameras and tripods to capture the launch. ? Photo by AFP
Photographers set up cameras and tripods to capture the launch. ? Photo by AFP
Hundreds of thousands of spectators came out to watch space shuttle Endeavour embark on its final flight ? Photo by Reuters
Hundreds of thousands of spectators came out to watch space shuttle Endeavour embark on its final flight ? Photo by Reuters
NASA space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad. ? Photo by AFP
NASA space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad. ? Photo by AFP
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After 20 years, 25 missions and more than 115 million miles in space, Endeavour is on its final flight to the International Space Station before being retired and donated to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Mission STS-134 will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-2) to the International Space Station.

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