Endeavour blasts off for space station

Feb 8th, 2010 - The Raw Story

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The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts blasted off Monday and headed for the International Space Station to deliver a module dubbed Tranquility.

The picture-perfect nighttime lift-off came at 4:14 am (0914 GMT), after a 24-hour delay caused by heavy cloud cover over Cape Canaveral early Sunday.

The spacecraft successfully reached orbit about eight and a half minutes later.

"We wish you good luck and Godspeed, and see you in about two weeks," launch director Mike Leinbach told the crew shortly before lift-off.

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