Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off creating billows of smoke and steam on its way into space for mission STS 111
5 June 2002 The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off creating billows of smoke and steam on its way into space for mission STS 111 to the International Space Station ISS Liftoff occurred at 5 22 49 p m EDT June 5 2002 The STS 111 crew includes astronauts Kenneth D Cockrell commander Paul S Lockhart pilot and Franklin R Chang Diaz and Philippe Perrin mission specialists Also onboard were the Expedition Five crew members including cosmonaut Valery G Korzun commander along with astronaut Peggy A Whitson and cosmonaut Sergei Y Treschev flight engineers Perrin represents CNES the French space agency and Korzun and Treschev are with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency Rosaviakosmos This mission marks the 14th Shuttle flight to the International Space Station and the third Shuttle mission this year Mission STS 111 is the 18th flight of Endeavour and the 110th flight overall in NASA s Space Shuttle program
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