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Endeavour Makes Its Final Approach into Home Base

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl -- Space Shuttle Endeavour made its final approach into home base early this morning. At 2:35 a.m. EDT Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wrapping up its final mission.

Endeavour was the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built . Endeavour first flew in May 1992 on mission STS-49 and its last mission was completed today.

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A vapor trail follows space shuttle Endeavour as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time. Endeavour landed at 2:35 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, wrapping up the STS-134 mission. During the 16-day mission, Commander Mark Kelly and crew delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station. Image by NASA/Chuck Tintera


Published June 1, 2011

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