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Shuttle Endeavour heads for space station

Space shuttle Endeavour blasted into orbit on Tuesday on what will be the longest space station mission ever.

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  • Published: 11:00 March 11, 2008
  • Gulf News

Cape Canaveral: Space shuttle Endeavour blasted into orbit on Tuesday on what will be the longest space station mission ever.

Seven crew members are undertaking a 16-day voyage to conduct improvements and build a robot. The crew will also perform five spacewalks.

The shuttle took off in the early hours of the morning from Cape Canaveral. It was the first night launch since 2006.

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