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Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches From Cape Canaveral
Eliot J. Schechter
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 08: Space Shuttle Endeavour engines ignite just before taking off from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 8, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 13-day flight to the International Space Station is Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images)