Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) is the fifth space shuttle run by NASA. It replaced the Space Shuttle Challenger. Endeavour was named after Captain James Cooks's ship, HMS Endeavour. It made 25 trips into space, travelling about 123,000,000 miles.[1] It is now on display at the California Science Center.[1]
Space Shuttle Endeavour Media
Endeavour rollout ceremony
Endeavour as photographed from the International Space Station as it approached the station during STS-118
Endeavour appears to straddle the stratosphere and mesosphere in this 2010 photo taken from the International Space Station
Endeavour mounted on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Endeavour approaches LC-39A before STS-130
Endeavour in flight en route back to the Kennedy Space Center atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in 2008
Endeavour lands after STS-127 at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
Platforms around Endeavour in the Orbiter Processing Facility-2
Endeavour (left) docked to the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, during its final mission
References
- Space Shuttle Overview: Endeavour (OV-105)
- "Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (OV-105)" Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "BBC News - Space shuttle Endeavour rolls through Los Angeles". bbc.co.uk. October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.