STS-134

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STS-134

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English: STS-134 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Endeavour. It launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011. It was the final flight of Endeavour.

Crew

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  Official crew portrait
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  Official mission poster
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  Cake-cutting ceremony

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  Mark Kelly, Commander
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  Rick Sturckow, Backup Commander
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  Gregory Johnson, Pilot
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  Michael Fincke
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  Roberto Vittori
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  Andrew Feustel
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  Gregory Chamitoff

Before Launch

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  Crew arrives at Kennedy
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  Endeavour at the Pad
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  Before the first launch attempt
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  Crew meets Michelle and Barack Obama
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  Crew arrival 2nd launch attempt
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  Before second launch attempt
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  Astrovan pre-flight photo
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  The sun rises over the press site

Training

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  Crew bailout training
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  Andrew Feustel
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  Gregory Johnson in the Full Fuselage Trainer
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  Johnson, Fincke and Chamitoff
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  Chamitoff awaits the start of a spacewalk training session
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  Mark Kelly
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  Roberto Vittori
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  Crew Compartment Trainer - Roberto Vittori
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  Mark Kelly's comeback news conference

Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test

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  Crew begins dress rehearsal
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  Mark Kelly in the Shuttle Training Aircraft
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  Mark Kelly performs touch-and-go landings
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  Group photo in front of an M113 vehicle
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  Mark Kelly and Professor Sam Ting at Endeavour's payload bay
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  The crew checks out a slidewire basket
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  Roberto Vittori and Michael Fincke in the White Room
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  Crew portrait on the Launch Pad
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  Mark Kelly and Michael Fincke leave Kennedy

Shuttle Stack

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  Solid rocket booster segment stacking
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  External Tank ET-122 in front of the VAB
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  ET-122 being moved into Vehicle Assembly Building
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  Last external fuel tank commemorative patch
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  SRB right forward assembly
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  Mobile Launcher Platform with two Solid Rocket Boosters
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  MLP with two SRBs and spraying tank truck
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  External Tank ET-122 lowering
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  Ready to Roll
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  Last rollover commemorative photo
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  Endeavour approaches the VAB
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  Endeavour is lowered into place
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  Orbiter Avionics Bays
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  Orbiter Aft Avionics Bays
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  Endeavour's aft avionics bay 5
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  The faulty and uncovered Load Control Assembly-2

Rollout

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Payload

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  STS-134 Payload Overview
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  C-5 aircraft lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility, delivering ELC-3
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  ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3
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  ELC-3 Layout
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  Top view of the ELC-3
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  Bottom (keel) view of the ELC-3
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  Ammonia Tank Assembly (cover removed)
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  Cargo Transportation Container 2 (CTC-2)
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  High-Pressure Gas Tank (cover removed)
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  S-Band Antenna Support Assembly
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  Space Test Program - Houston 3
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  Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in the Space Station Processing Facility
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  AMS-02 is moved to a payload canister
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  ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3
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  ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 is moved to a payload canister
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  The Rotating Service Structure is opened
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  Payload canister arrives at Launch Pad
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  Endeavour and payload canister on Launch Pad
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  AMS-02 was moved to Endeavour's payload bay
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  Endeavour's payload bay
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  Payload bay doors are closed

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  Endeavour's launch seen from a shuttle training aircraft
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  External Tank is jettisoned
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In Orbit

Flight Day 2

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  Greg Chamitoff and Mark Kelly on Endeavour's middeck
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  Endeavour's payload bay in space
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  Mike Fincke lifts heavy bags and floats freely inside Endeavour.

Flight Day 3 (Docking)

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  Mark Kelly and Greg H. Johnson on the forward flight deck
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  Mark Kelly, Greg H. Johnson and Roberto Vittori on the flight deck during docking operations
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  ISS seen from Space Shuttle
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  Endeavour approaches the space station
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  ISS seen from Space Shuttle
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  Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
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  Starboard wing close up
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  Endeavour's payload bay and the partly obscured ISS
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  Endeavour during the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
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  Cady Coleman next to a porthole with the Endeavour
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  The hatches are open
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  Crew welcome
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  Endeavour's payload bay seen from the Cupola
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  ELC-3 in the grasp of Endeavour's robotic arm
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  ELC-3 robotic arm hand off
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  Italian astronauts Paolo Nespoli and Roberto Vittori

Flight Day 4

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  AMS-02 in space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay
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  Closeup
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  AMS-02 in the grasp of Endeavour's robotic arm
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  View from the Cupola to space shuttle Endeavour
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  Roberto Vittori floats through the Destiny lab
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  Roberto Vittori and Mark Kelly in a mirror

Flight Day 5 (EVA 1)

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  EVA1 preparing in the Quest airlock
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  The starboard truss with the newly-installed AMS-02
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  Gregory Chamitoff exits the Quest airlock
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  Feustel seen from Chamitoff
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  Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff
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  Andrew Feustel
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  Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff
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  Andrew Feustel
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  Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff
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  Andrew Feustel
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  EVA choreographer Michael Fincke
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  Gregory Chamitoff enters the Quest airlock
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  Gregory H. Johnson
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  Andrew Feustel enters the Quest airlock

Flight Day 6

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  Endeavour's heat shield tile damage
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  The STS-134 and Expedition 27 crews during a special call from Pope Benedict XVI
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  STS-134 and Expedition 27 joint crew portrait
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  Mark Kelly, Roberto Vittori and Greg Chamitoff during a break in the Unity node
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  Mark Kelly attaches a decal of his mission patch in the Unity node

Flight Day 7 (EVA 2)

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  Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke near the Quest airlock
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  Andrew Feustel
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  Drew Feustel re-enters the Quest airlock

Flight Day 8

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  Mark Kelly in the middeck of Endeavour
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  Paolo Nespoli and Roberto Vittori in the ATV-2 "Johannes Kepler"
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  Soyuz TMA-20 with Kondratyev, Coleman and Nespoli leaves the ISS

Flight Day 9

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  Michael Fincke and Ron Garan behind a rack
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  Michael Fincke and Ron Garan on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly

Flight Day 10 (EVA 3)

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  Andrew Feustel
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  Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke
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  EVA3 choreographer Gregory Chamitoff
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  Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke
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  Michael Fincke
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Flight Day 11

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  Traditional in-flight crew portrait

Flight Day 12 (EVA 4)

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  EVA4 preparations in the Quest airlock
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  Gregory Chamitoff and Michael Fincke
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  Michael Fincke
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  Gregory Chamitoff
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  Fincke and the new Boom Assembly
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  Gregory Chamitoff
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  View to the Space Shuttle Endeavour
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  The new Boom Assembly photographed by Fincke
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  Gregory Chamitoff
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  View to the Russian Orbital Segment
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  View from above of the Integrated Truss Structure
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  View from the top of ELC-3 across the ISS
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  Ron Garan and Mark Kelly on Endeavour's middeck
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  Greg H. Johnson, Michael Fincke, Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenko
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  STS-134 and Expedition 28 crew members on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour
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  View of a starry sky and Earth's horizon from the Kibo lab

Flight Day 13

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  Michael Fincke on Endeavour's middeck
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  Michael Fincke in the Kibo laboratory
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  Endeavour, backdropped by a night time view of Earth and a starry sky

Flight Day 14

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  Gregory H. Johnson on Endeavour's middeck

Flight Day 15 (Undocking)

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  Space Shuttle Endeavour after undocking
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  International Space Station after undocking
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  Crew members during undocking and fly-around operations
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  Mark Kelly during undocking and fly-around operations
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Flight Day 17 (Landing)

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  Crew after landing
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  Last towback
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  Endeavour approaches OPF-1
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  Decommissioning

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Landing Ground Tracks

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  Long-range ground track
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  Mid-range
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  Close-range