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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.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:00 March 11, 2008
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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