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(FILES)The US space shuttle Endeavour lifts off in this July 15, 2009 file photo from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The US space shuttle Endeavour will carry a the last major component needed to complete the International Space Station and a high-tech "sunroom" when it lifts off next week, officials said on January 29, 2010. "The main goal of this mission is to deliver Node 3, also called Tranquility, and the cupola to the International Space Station, or ISS," said Kwatsi Alibaruho, lead shuttle flight director for the mission.The cupola, or sunroom, which will be berthed on the European-built Tranquility module by Endeavour astronauts during the mission, will be "the key thing" on the huge module, said Robert Dempsey, the lead station flight director. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Stan HONDA |
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15 Iulie 2009 |
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2848 x 3880 (1.13 MB) |
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