Space shuttle Endeavour has blasted off for what will be its final trip into space and NASA's next to last manned shuttle mission.Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 8:56 a.m. ET into a lightly clouded sky on its way to the International Space Station, as 45,000 NASA guests watched, and tens of thousands more watched from outside the space centre's gates.
Commmanding the mission is Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of wounded Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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Wow, you are certainly on the ball with this posting. Do you happen to follow the schedule of the Shuttle and ISS sightings over your home? Neat to see them/it fly overhead at night. If you have not seen it, here is a link to the schedule. Select your country from the "Sighting Opportunities" option on the left side of this page and then follow the links for your city.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html
Glenn
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