May 16, 2011

Endeavour to Depart on Final Trip on Monday

Fuel began being poured into the tanks of space shuttle Endeavor on Monday morning, as the craft is getting ready to take off on her final trip to space at 8:56 a.m. EDT. Weather forecast show a 70 percent chance for good launch conditions.

Dubbed STS-134, the mission, which was delayed because of a malfunction in one of the power units at the end of April, will last 14 days. The shuttle will carry with it to the International Space Station spare parts, supplies and a $2 billion astrophysics...

Source: Kees Besseling Picture of The Day Shahrol Yuzy Source: Chuck Sun New Pictures Heikki Mikkola

Source: http://www.autoevolution.com/news/endeavour-to-depart-on-final-trip-on-monday-35270.html

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