Shuttle Endeavour heads for space station

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.