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• Aug. 21: STS-118 crew members, from left, Commander Scott Kelly, and Mission Specialists Dave Williams, of Canada, Alvin Drew, Tracy Caldwell, and Rick Mastracchio look at the gash in the thermal tiles on the space shuttle Endeavour in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 21: STS-118 crew members, from left, Dave Williams, of Canada, Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio, Tracye Caldwell, Alvin Drew, Commander Scott Kelly, and Pilot Charles Hobaugh, pose for a photo near the space shuttle Endeavour after landing at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 21: NASA Administrator Michael Griffin gives a thumbs up to the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour shortly after Endeavour's touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 21: The infamous gouge on Endeavour's underside, as seen from the tarmac at Kennedy Space Center.
• Aug. 21: Space shuttle Endeavour's landing parachute deploys at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 21: Space Shuttle Endeavour glides to a landing at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 21: Endeavour's wheels hit the tarmac at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
• Aug. 21: Space shuttle Endeavour glides to a landing at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 21: Space shuttle Endeavour approaches the Kennedy Space Center, as viewed through trees.
• Aug. 21: NASA administrators William Gerstenmaier, left, and Michael Griffin, right, watch as Endeavour touches down at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 19: The international space station, dwarfed by the lower part of Italy behind it, photographed from space shuttle Endeavour as the shuttle pulls away.
• Aug. 18: Astronauts Barbara Morgan, left, and Tracy Caldwell hold up a photo of Expedition 15 flight engineers Clay Anderson and Sunita Williams on the international space station.
• Aug. 18: Astronaut Clay Anderson during the final of four spacewalks outside the international space station.
• Aug. 17: Endeavour's crew. Front, left to right: Mission specialists Alvin Drew and Barbara R. Morgan, commander Scott Kelly. Back, left to right: Pilot Charlie Hobaugh, mission xpecialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio and the Canadian Space Agency's Dave Williams.
• Aug. 17: Crews of both space shuttle Endeavour (STS-118) and international space station Expedition 15 pose together aboard the ISS. Front, left to right: Flight engineer Clayton C. Anderson, commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer Oleg Kotov, all ISS crew. Middle, left to right: Shuttle mission specialists Alvin Drew, Barbara R. Morgan and Dave Williams, all mission specialists, shuttle commander Scott Kelly. Top, left to right: Shuttle pilot Charlie Hobaugh, shuttle mission specialists Rick Mastracchio and Tracy Caldwell.
• Aug. 16: Mission specialists Barbara Morgan and Alvin Drew Jr. hold a news conference from the international space station.
• Aug. 15: Flight engineer Clay Anderson takes a photograph of the Earth reflected in his helmet visor.
• Aug. 15: Space shuttle Endeavour, its payload bay open, docked to the international space station.
• Aug. 14: Mission specialist Dave Williams of the Canadian Space Agency squeezes a bubble out of his beverage container on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour.
• Aug. 14: Williams watches as the bubble he squeezed out of his drink floats in zero gravity.
• Aug. 14: Mission specialist Tracy Caldwell floats in the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour.
• Aug. 14: The international space station frames the lower part of Italy and part of Sicily, as seen from Endeavour.
• Aug. 13: Mission specialist Barbara R. Morgan in the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour.
• Aug. 13: Canadian astronaut Dave Williams at the end of shuttle Endeavour's boom arm during construction work on the international space station.
• Aug. 13: Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist, near the galley on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour.
• Aug. 13: Astronaut Dave Williams anchored to the foot restraint on the Canadarm2 as construction and maintenance continue on the international space station.
• Aug. 13: Williams works on the exterior of the international space station.
• Aug. 13: Williams does more work on the exterior of the international space station.
• Aug. 13: Williams perches on the shuttle's boom arm while working on the exterior of the international space station.
• Aug. 13: Astronaut Rick Mastracchio during a spacewalk performing construction and maintenance duties on the international space station.
• Aug. 13: Endeavour's tail, engines and open hatch doors against the backdrop of the Earth.
• Aug. 13: Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dave Williams works on the exterior of the international space station.
• Aug. 12: Endeavour's tile gouge in close-up, photographed using the space shuttle's robotic arm.
• Aug. 11: Mission specialist Rick Mastracchio floats in space outside the international space station.
• Aug. 10: Endeavour does a back flip to let astronauts aboard the international space station assess damage incurred during launch.
• Aug. 8: The forward part of space shuttle Endeavour's fuel tank, photographed as it detached from the shuttle shortly after launch.
• Aug. 8: Spectators watch Space Shuttle Endeavour lift off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Aug. 8: Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 8: Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Aug. 8: Linda Selvig, a school teacher from Idaho, reacts as Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Aug. 8: Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 8: Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 8: Commander Scott Kelly, right, leads the STS-118 crew from the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Launch Pad 39A and Space Shuttle Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Aug. 8: A helicopter provides protection to the astrovan as it flies near the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Aug. 7: Endeavour sits on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center after the Rotating Service Structure was retracted Tuesday night.
• July 18: Space shuttle Endeavour mission specialist Barbara Morgan is introduced at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• July 11: A wider view of Endeavour on the launch pad. The shuttle's name is misspelled on the banner in the foreground.
• July 11: Space shuttle Endeavour rests on launch pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• July 11: The crawler-transporter moves off after leaving space shuttle Endeavour on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Endeavour during the middle of its overhaul at Kennedy Space Center in 2005.