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The latest news from space-faring countries, agencies, industry and academia   ·   Wednesday 22 May 2013, 4.20am GMT   ·   Nº 1755

Space Shuttle Endeavour flies to the ISS for the last time

23 May 2011

On 16 May 2011 at 08:56 EDT (14:56 CEST), Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) on the penultimate shuttle mission (STS-134) to the International Space Station (ISS). On board are the commander Mark Kelly, pilot Gregory H. Johnson, mission specialists Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and Italian ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori. Endeavour is carrying the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and the external carrier platform ’EXPRESS Logistic Carrier 3’ to the ISS.







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