The space shuttle Endeavour made its final launch on Monday, taking with it a payload eager scientists have been waiting to get into space.
Check out our live coverage of the Endeavour Space Shuttle Launch as the baby shuttle goes into space for the final time in its history.
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Minutes before space shuttle Endeavour is launched to deliver a unique astronomical and particle physics experiment to the International Space Station, the crew members are seen preparing for their long journey.
The space shuttle Endeavour is ready to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on its final mission at 8:56 a.m Monday after NASA finished fueling shuttle in the pre-dawn hours.
As Endeavour is readied to embark on its mission to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and spare equipment to the Space Station, check out the latest pictures of the space shuttle on its mark.
Check out images below, as we update with the latest photos of heavily flooded agricultural fields on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River, captured by NASA.
The final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour has settled to take place next Monday after engineers battled to resolve an electrical problem that plagued the original launch dates.
The final launch of the space shuttle Endeavor is expected to take place shortly before 9am EST, and promises to be an emotional moment for the shuttle's commander, Mark Kelly.
The final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour has settled to take place next Monday after engineers battled to resolve an electrical problem that plagued the original launch dates.
The final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour has settled to take place next Monday after engineers battled to resolve an electrical problem that plagued the original launch dates.
New research details how studying the moon's surface can give an explanation as to how it was formed.
Sixteen payloads have been selected by NASA for flights in the commercial Zero-G parabolic aircraft and two suborbital reusable launch vehicles as part of the Flight Opportunities Program.
The NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations project (NEEMO) sends groups of NASA employees and contractors to live in Aquarius underwater laboratory for up to three weeks for studying human survival in preparation for future space exploration.
Senator Gabrielle Giffords will be in attendance when the Endeavour launches for the final time into space.
NASA is in countdown mode as the crew prepares for Monday's launch.
NASA technicians are preparing space shuttle Endeavour for its upcoming launch attempt on Monday, May 16 from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters has forecasted a 70 percent chance of having favorable weather for Endeavour's liftoff scheduled for 8:56 am Monday.
NASA scientists discover new information indicating Jupiter's moon Io has a volcanic sub-surface.
NASA uses satellite cameras to take images of the Mississippi River floods that have ravaged Tennessee and the southeast.
The Crab Nebula supernova remnant unleashed a surprisingly enormous blast of gamma rays, the highest-energy light in the universe. The superflare was detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope on April 12 and lasted six days.
Astronomers were shocked when the dusty remains of an exploded star, the Crab Nebula, unleashed a surprisingly blast of gamma rays, the highest-energy light in the Universe.
Technicians at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A are preparing space shuttle Endeavour for its upcoming launch attempt on Monday, May 16. Teams have completed all retesting of the aft load control assembly-2 (ALCA-2) and will install the aft compartment flight doors on Thursday, said NASA.
