Nasa finally launched the shuttle Endeavour last night on a 6.6 million-mile mission that will set a record for the biggest get-together in space.
After five previous delays - two due to technical problems and three to bad weather - the 17-year-old spaceship was blasted off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, by a glowing fireball, carrying seven astronauts to the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth.
source : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6715789.ece
After five previous delays - two due to technical problems and three to bad weather - the 17-year-old spaceship was blasted off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, by a glowing fireball, carrying seven astronauts to the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth.
source : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6715789.ece
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