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space shuttle endeavour born out of the

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loss of the space shuttle challenger in

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1986 represented a commitment to

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continuing america's human space flight

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program

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the nation's decision to build endeavor

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set the stage for dramatic missions to

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the last of five orbiters to be built

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for space flight endeavor was named in a

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national competition by elementary and

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secondary school students after the 18th

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century sailing vessel commanded by

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captain james cook

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construction of endeavor began with its

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contract award on july 31 1987 to

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replace challenger which was lost 73

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seconds after launch on january 28

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1986. endeavour was outfitted with many

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safety improvements including a drag

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chute to be deployed post landing and

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nose wheel steering to improve wear on

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the tires during roll out on the runway

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additionally endeavour's plumbing was

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designed for a state-of-the-art addition

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allowing for longer stays in space

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endeavour was delivered to nasa's

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kennedy space center from its palmdale

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california construction site in may

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endeavor's flight history has included

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some of the shuttle program's most

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memorable flights starting with its very

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sts-49 in may 1992

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just one year after endeavour first

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arrived at the kennedy space center for

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the primary goal of that mission was to

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rescue the intelsat 6 satellite stranded

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in low earth orbit after launch atop an

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expendable rocket

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it would be outfitted with a new motor

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designed to boost the communications

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and liftoff of the maiden voyage of

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for two spacewalks astronauts pierre

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that and rick tried to place a

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specially designed grapple bar on

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intelsat to facilitate its capture with

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when those attempts failed the crew and

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mission control devised a dramatic plan

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calling for through it and a third

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astronaut tom akers to reach up and grab

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the huge satellite by hand

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it was and still is the only spacewalk

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ever performed by three people

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the flight set a host of other records

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including the most spacewalks on a

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the longest spacewalk to date and the

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endeavour continued that trend on its

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second mission sts-47 in september 1992

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a flight that conducted japanese

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the crew included the first

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african-american female to fly in space

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astronaut mae jemison i think the

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important thing is for people to

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understand and to know that yes we are

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we do have and are willing to

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accept women and minorities as

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minorities as astronauts and

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i hope that i'm just the first in a long

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african-american women who will be

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and we have liftoff liftoff of the space

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shuttle endeavour on an ambitious

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in december 1993 endeavour was called

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upon to carry out the most ambitious

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shuttle mission to date on sts-61 the

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first hubble space telescope servicing

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houston endeavor has a firm handshake

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with mr hubble's telescope

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with the world riveted on the mission's

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every move seven astronauts restored

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hubble's vision during an unprecedented

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the back-to-back evas were completed by

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two teams of spacewalkers who outfitted

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hubble with a corrective optics

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and replaced hubble's solar arrays the

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endeavour further pushed the boundaries

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of shuttle missions in march 1995.

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on sts-67 it flew an astronomy mission

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that became the longest shuttle flight

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to date amassing over 16 days 15 hours

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suite of astro one science instruments

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the mission showcased the capabilities

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of the shuttle's fine steering jets a

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system used to hold the instruments

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two later missions for endeavor

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on sts-69 in september 1995

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endeavour became the first shuttle to

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and later on mission sts-77 in may 1996

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endeavour completed a record four

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rendezvous in orbit with a research

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two years later in december 1998

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endeavor was used to christen a new era

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in world space exploration

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sts-88 would be the first international

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in endeavors payload bay was the node 1

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mission specialist nancy curry used the

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the good ship endeavor that's terrific

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several days later endeavors crew became

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the first to board the new international

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all the iss folks all their hard work we

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remember when unity was just an aluminum

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after the evas were completed the

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on april 19th 2001 endeavour headed to

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the mission delivered a new era in space

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between 2003 and 2006 endeavour received

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a series of upgrades and safety

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its first flight after those upgrades

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the mission was a fitting one for

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barbara morgan who served as the backup

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who was lost in the challenger accident

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endeavor to fulfill mcauliffe's legacy

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when endeavor completes its final

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mission it will have traveled more than

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it will have carried 139 different

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shuttle to be built its career has been

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and its legacy will be one of opening

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and expanding the space frontier for

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for an out of this world space