Space Shuttle Endeavour Sails To Home Port For Final Time “Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-astronaut crew sailed home for the final time, ending a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a landing at 2:35 a.m. EDT on Wednesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-134 was the last mission for the youngest of NASA’s space shuttle fleet. Since 1992, Endeavour flew 25 missions, spent 299 […]

Early Morning Skywatching and Teaching Satellite Concepts to Sherpas “I got up early today to see the ISS and Endeavour fly over my house. Its always cool to see them flying in formation like this. This morning’s viewing was at 4:48 am low in the North, so I was not sure I’d see things due to the brightening sky. As the two vehicles approached from due West I could only […]

Students Win Conrad Foundation Innovation Award And Send Nutrition Bar on Endeavour’s Last Flight (Update) “Update: Photos of several STS-134 astronauts eating a STEM bar aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour have been released.”

Video: High Definition Onboard Views From Space Shuttle STS-134 Launch “These new, crystal clear high-definition videos shot from the Endeavour’s Solid Rocket Boosters provide a stunning view of what it is like to launch into space.” Aerial Photos of Endeavour’s Launch “Photographed from a shuttle training aircraft, space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member STS-134 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station.”

Photos: Endeavour’s On Orbit Ballet “These views of space shuttle Endeavour was provided by an Expedition 27 crew member during a survey of the approaching STS-134 vehicle prior to docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and part of every mission’s activities, Endeavour performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). The image was photographed with a digital still camera, using a 400mm lens at […]

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches on Her Last Mission, SpaceRef “For the nearly 500,000 people watching the launch live in and around the Kennedy Space Centre the Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off with on a plume of bright orange flame and quickly disappeared into the low clouds. With everyone holding their breath as low clouds surrounded the launch pad the countdown progressed with nary a glitch. When the countdown reached t-minus […]

NASA Shuttle MMT Green Lights Continuing Endeavour Countdown “The shuttle Mission Management Team is giving space shuttle Endeavour’s launch team the green light to continue the countdown for Monday’s 8:56 a.m. EDT liftoff. The MMT met this afternoon at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and reviewed how launch preparations for Endeavour’s STS-134 mission are progressing. During a news conference on NASA Television following the MMT, Shuttle Launch Director Mike […]

It’s a Unanimous “Go” for Endeavour “The Space Shuttle Program Mission Management Team voted unanimously to proceed toward Endeavour’s scheduled liftoff at 3:47 p.m. EDT Friday. Mike Moses, chair of the Prelaunch Mission Management team, reported that it was a very short meeting and everything is in great shape and ready to go.” NASA Invites 150 Lucky Twitter Followers To Endeavour Launch “NASA invited 150 lucky people to a behind-the-scenes […]