Shuttle Endeavour Set For June 13 Blast Off
The euphoria of the grueling yet successful mission of the shuttle Atlantis in prolonging the life of the wondrous Hubble space telescope might still be on the horizon.
However, the NASA isn't taking a break.
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The International Space Station as seen from space shuttle Discovery June 11, 2008. The European Space Agency’s Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle is seen at the bottom of the image
NASA last Wednesday approved the next mission to the International Space Station to be done by shuttle Endeavour.
After a meeting with top officials, the NASA approved the blast off that will take place on June 13 at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Aboard the space shuttle will be seven-solid crew members, that includes US astronaut Tim Kopra who will be replacing Japanese Koichi Wakata.
The team of experienced astronauts are expected to install the last part of the Japanese Kibo laboratory, a platform that will conduct zero-gravity experiments.
Source - Yahoo! News
