Launch of the STS-134 mission took place at 8:56 a.m. Visit for complete coverage of Endeavour's final mission STS-134 or follow us and on Facebook. Space shuttle Endeavour appears to fly past flags in the foreground, on its way to the International Space Station. You can follow Staff Writer Denise Chow on Twitter. The shuttle Atlantis will lift off July 8 to wrap up the 30-year space shuttle program. Spacelab-J a joint NASA and National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) mission utilizing a manned Spacelab module conducted microgravity investigations in materials and life sciences. Endeavour's crew conducted four spacewalks to upgrade the massive complex in space.Īfter this flight, NASA will launch only one more space shuttle mission. The orbiter delivered a $2 billion astrophysics experiment and extra supplies to the station to help posture the orbiting outpost for the years following the end of the shuttle program. NASA mission managers cleared the shuttle for its two-week STS-134 trip to the International. EDT (0635 GMT) on Wednesday, June 1.Įndeavour launched on its final flight to the International Space Station on May 16. The space shuttle Endeavour is 'go' for launch this Friday (April 29) for its 25th and final mission. The astronauts are scheduled to land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:35 a.m. Kelly, pilot Greg Johnson and mission specialists Mike Fincke, Andrew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and Roberto Vittori are on the last leg of their 16-day mission. Public voting for the contest ran from March 29 through May 16. The winning song received 787,725 votes, or 49.8 percent of the total ballots cast. EDT (2156 GMT) on Tuesday (May 31), the day before the astronauts return to Earth. The first place winner, "Sunrise Number 1" by Jorge Otero and the band Stormy Mondays from Oviedo, Spain, will be played at 5:56 p.m.
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