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Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134

Post Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011

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Image above: Flags wave briskly at NASA Kennedy's Launch Pad 39A as Endeavour is revealed after the rotating service structure was rolled away for liftoff of the STS-134 mission. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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Launch Date: MONDAY - May 15th
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour

- LAST MISSION -
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 7:56am CDT

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STS-134 Mission Description: Space Shuttle Endeavour will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to the International Space Station. This is the LAST FLIGHT EVER of Space Shuttle Endeavour...

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Rotating Service Structure Opens For Launch

Sunday, May 15, 2011

11:35am CDT

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The rotating service structure (RSS) on NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A is fully open and moved away from space shuttle Endeavour. The RSS began moving at 10:44 a.m. CDT, about 15 minutes ahead of schedule. The retraction was complete at 11:24 p.m.

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Final preparations continue for Endeavour's 7:56am CDT Monday liftoff. Cockpit switches will be configured this afternoon, while Commander Mark Kelly and his crew will begin their launch sleep schedule at 3 p.m.

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The shuttle's electricity-producing fuel cells will be activated at 4:46 p.m. and managers will meet at 10 p.m. to give a "Go-No Go" to load the External Fuel Tank with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

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Coverage of the fuel loading begins at 10:30 p.m. on NASA TV and at www.nasa.gov/ntv. The tanking process is scheduled to begin at 10:36 p.m.

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POST UPDATE:

8:00am CDT

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We have Liftoff folks and what a picture perfect launch it was!

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Liftoff of Space Shuttle Endeavour!

Space Shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts are headed for space, ready to begin their 16-day mission to the International Space Station. The climb to orbit takes about 8 1/2 minutes.

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Following a relatively smooth countdown, the weather cooperated leading to an on-time liftoff from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:56am CDT.

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NASA TV will air a post-launch news conference at no earlier than 9am so click it out at link below.

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STS-130: Interactive Mission Timeline

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Safe Flight to the Crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134...

And God Speed to NASA in getting them all up there and back... safe and sound.

AubreyJ.........

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All Info/Images taken from the NASA.gov website

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