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Space Shuttle Mission STS-134 was Endeavour's final flight before retirement. The 16-day mission delivered the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, internal payloads and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 2 to the International Space Station. Endeavour launched on May 16, 2011 and returned to Earth in the early hours of June 1. The STS-134 crew was led by Commander Mark Kelly. The pilot was Gregory Johnson. Joining them were Mission Specialist and Spacewalkers Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff. Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency completed the team of six. During the flight, 4 Spacewalks were completed that retrieved and deployed Experiments and performed maintenance tasks that left the ISS in a better configuration for the future.
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 With her final landing, Endeavour rounds up a perfect career dedicated to exploration, a career of firsts – a career of big challenges and great success.
Endeavour’s legacy will keep orbiting the Earth for many years to come, the International Space Station. Her biggest legacy will live on much longer: The Spirit of Discovery and the Will to go farther than anybody else has gone before. We salute the Orbiter Endeavour and all of her crews as the Space Shuttle Program comes to a close; wishing her Fair Winds and Following Seas. We thank all the people that took care of the great ship Endeavour during her 20 Years at the Kennedy Space Center. We’re behind you, Endeavour! |
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