KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE, FLORIDA, USA - 08 August 2007 - Emerging from the billows of smoke below, Space Shuttle Endeavour hurtles into the sky on missio

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE, FLORIDA, USA - 08 August 2007 - Emerging from the billows of smoke below, Space Shuttle Endeavour hurtles into the sky on mission STS-118. Liftoff from Launch Pad 39A was on time at 6:36 EDT. The mission is the 22nd shuttle flight to the International Space Station. It will continue space station construction by delivering a third starboard truss segment, S5, and other payloads such as the SPACEHAB module and the external stowage platform 3. The 11-day mission may be extended to as many as 14 depending on the test of the Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System that will allow the docked shuttle to draw electrical power from the station and extend its visits to the orbiting lab - Photo: Geopix/NASA

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Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Photo credit: © Geopix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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