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Shuttle Endeavour Headed for Launch Pad

The space shuttle Endeavour has been rolled to its seaside Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning to gear up for a Feb. 7 launch to the International Space Station .Endeavour began the short 3.4-mile trek at 4:13 a.m. EST with frigid, freezing temperatures expected during the day-long move. The shuttle is due to launch on the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station to deliver the new Tranquility connecting node and Cupola window.But the end is beginning for NASA's three aging space shuttles, with just five more missions on tap this year before the orbiter fleet retires in the fall.That is, unless NASA needs a few more months to fly those remaining missions or President Barack Obama chooses to extend the shuttle program to fill a looming gap in U.S. human spaceflight capability.Though the ultimate path forward for NASA has not yet been decided, the space agency is at a turning point after nearly 29 years of shuttle flight."Obviously it's the end...

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  1. Severe Weather Delays Space Shuttle Launch Rehearsal

    Think its hard to drive your car in a storm? Consider rocketing into space during one.Thunder and lightning that darkened the skies over NASA 's Kennedy Space Center...

  2. Shuttle launch off until end of month to fix leak

    Space shuttle Discovery's final voyage is off until at least the end of the month because of a large hydrogen gas leak that forced yet another launch delay.It's the ...

  3. Shuttle Endeavour Rolls to Launch Pad for Final Mission

    The space shuttle Endeavour -- the youngest orbiter in NASA's fleet -- made the slow crawl to the launch pad Thursday March 10, to prepare for its final launch next ...

  4. Space Shuttle Endeavour Mounted on 747 Jumbo Jet for Flight to L.A.

    For the last time in space shuttle history, a NASA orbiter has been mounted to the top of a jumbo jet to be flown to its next destination.For shuttle Endeavour, now ...

  5. Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery Indefinitely Postponed

    NASA has delayed the launch of space shuttle Discovery's final flight yet again in order to allow more time repair the spacecraft's beleaguered fuel tank, the space ...

  6. NASA clears Endeavour for Monday launch, 2nd-to-last for 30-year space shuttle program

    NASA unanimously approved a Monday morning launch attempt for the space shuttle Endeavour , after reviewing all the repairs for an electrical problem that grounded t...

  7. Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands in Houston During Final Ferry Flight

    Houston, we have a space shuttle. The space shuttle Endeavour landed in Houston today (Sept. 19) for a one-day stopover while en route to its new museum home in Cali...

  8. How the Space Shuttle Was Born

    After 30 years of service, NASA's fleet of three space shuttles is standing down for good.The final shuttle mission planned, the STS-135 launch of Atlantis , is sche...

  9. Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands in Florida

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts closed out the last major construction mission at the International Space Station with a sm...

  10. Top destinations for science geeks

    Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla. http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn2/travel/sci_Kennedy.jpgThe Kennedy Space Center serves as the launch hea...

  11. NASA Postpones Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch at Least 72 Hours

    NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour by at least 72 hours, following the discovery of two failed heaters in an auxiliary power unit."We will fly ...

  12. Space Shuttle Endeavour takes off on final journey

    For the last time in history, a space shuttle soared into the skies over Florida on Wednesday (Sept. 19). Rather than riding on rockets and heading into orbit howeve...

  1. How to Watch Space Shuttle Endeavour's Last Launch

    Upwards of half a million people are expected to crowd Florida's Space Coast Friday, April 29, to watch the space shuttle Endeavour lift off one final time.If you're...

  2. Countdown Back on for Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch

    NASA's countdown clocks began ticking again Friday for the next-to-last space shuttle launch, delayed two weeks ago by an electrical problem aboard Endeavour.Forecas...

  3. How NASA Prepares for the Final Space Shuttle Launch

    With just one more mission remaining before the end of NASA's storied 30-year space shuttle, the agency has shifted its focus to the final launch of Atlantis on July...

  4. Space Shuttle Endeavour Leaves Houston on Last Journey West

    California, here shuttle Endeavour comes, right back where it started from. NASA's space shuttle Endeavour left Houston for the Golden State today (Sept. 20) on the ...

  5. Space Shuttle Endeavour Soars Over California Today: How to See It

    The space shuttle Endeavour takes to the skies above California for its last-ever flight today (Sept. 21), giving observers from Sacramento to Los Angeles a one last...

  6. Cracks, Leaks Continue to Delay Space Shuttle Launch

    NASA on Thursday delayed the launch of space shuttle Discovery on a mission to the International Station to December 3 from November 30 to allow more time for repair...

  7. Next Stop, Atlantis: NASA Readying for Final Space Shuttle Flight

    With the safe landing today of shuttle Endeavour after its final mission in space, NASA is another step closer to a looming deadline: the very last flight of the age...

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