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Endeavour's crew members boarded and strapped into their seats

Cape Canaveral, USA - Following the preparation operations for the launch scheduled for today

Everything's ready for departure of STS-134 mission, the last one of the space shuttle Endeavour, which should take place today, at 08:56 EDT, from Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Following the end of the last preparation phases, the six astronauts of the mission -Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and mission specialists Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1129606
Rome, Italy, 05/16/2011 15:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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