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Space Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1992 and its 25th and final mission, STS-134, in May 2011.
2 dni temu · Endeavour, also identified by NASA as Orbiter Vehicle 105 or OV-105: Was named by students in elementary and secondary schools across the nation after a ship chartered to traverse the South Pacific in 1768. Was built to replace space shuttle Challenger and was the final orbiter to join the shuttle fleet.
11 gru 2017 · The space shuttle Endeavour glides back to Earth on Jan. 20, 1996, after nine days in space on the STS-72 mission.
28 kwi 2011 · Endeavour launched on its inaugural mission, STS-49, on May 7, 1992, a year to the day after being delivered to the Kennedy Space Center. [Endeavour's STS-134 Flight Day Journal]
21 kwi 2011 · The Space Shuttle Endeavour is named after two great ships of exploration – the first being the HMS Endeavour, the ship Captained by James Cook on his first voyage from 1768-1771.
6 maj 2020 · Endeavour was the fifth and final Space Shuttle NASA built. The name was in recognition of the HMS Endeavour, a ship that British explorer James Cook used to navigate the South Pacific Ocean from 1768-1771, exploring the coasts of New Zealand and Australia. The name was suggested through a contest.
28 kwi 2011 · Space shuttle Endeavour has spent 19 years pushing boundaries, and its final mission will allow that legacy to live on. Among Endeavour’s missions was the first to include four spacewalks, and then the first to include five.
