CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) – 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.
cape canaveral, florida (reuters) - the space shuttle endeavour sailed away from the international space station on friday after delivering a final connecting hub and an observation deck, completing u.s. assembly of the orbital complex.
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the "cupola" was relocated to the earth-facing side of the iss on monday
astronauts have successfully installed an extension to the international space station in a series of spacewalks.
the so-called tranquility node includes a number of docking
(cnn) -- nasa is extending the mission of the space shuttle endeavour by a day so astronauts can do more work on the international space station, mission managers announced sunday.
the shuttle is now scheduled to return to earth on february 21
cape canaveral, fla.-nasa says the handful of defects on space shuttle endeavour are too small to pose any threat. mission managers agreed friday that there's nothing that would prevent endeavour and its six astronauts from returning safely to earth
cape canaveral, fla. -- shuttle endeavour arrived at the international space station early wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction 200 miles above earth.
the midnight rendezvous occurred
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