The last mission «Endeavour» Bashny.Net

Spaceship «Endeavour» with a crew of six people completed the last major mission to the International Space Station, uneventful landing on Earth in the night. For «Endeavour» was only one flight. In general, the left 4 mission.
During a two-week trip to the 9, 5 million kilometers commander George Castle and his crew delivered and installed a new room at the station - Tranquility - and a large window with panoramic views of the Earth. Successful Mission completed construction of the station is 98%.
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1. Silhouette of space shuttle «Endeavour» on the colorful horizon of the earth. Picture taken by a crew member of the "Expedition 22" before the operation for docking with the International Space Station on 9 February. (AP / NASA)





2. The guests watched from the balcony of the building operational support, the shuttle «Endeavour» starts from the platform 39A of the morning of 8 February at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. (AP / NASA / Paul E. Alers)



3. This picture was taken by astronaut Japanese aerospace research agency Soichi Noguchi - mission engineer "Expedition 22" - box set of "dome" on the International Space Station on 18 February. On the right you can see a Russian spacecraft "Progress". (AP / NASA)



4. The ship «Endeavour» crosses the thin line of Earth's atmosphere. Taken by one of the crew members as the ship remained docked to the station on February 17th. (AP / NASA)



5. Astronaut Nicholas Patrick works for the International Space Station. During his mission, Patrick and his friend Robert Behnken removed insulation coating and safety bolts on each of the seven windows "dome". (AP / NASA)



6. Astronaut Nicholas Patrick during the first phase of the work behind the space station. (AP / NASA)



7. astronaut Robert Behnken working behind the space station on February 14. (AP / NASA)



8. Part of the International Space Station on a background of Earth's horizon and the darkness of outer space. (AP / NASA)



9. The module «Tranquility» moved from storage in the cargo hold of the ship «Endeavour», to be attached to the side of the unit «Unity» at the International Space Station. (AP / NASA)



10. The Russian "Soyuz" and "Progress" docked to the station on February 17th. (AP / NASA)



11. View of the left side of the cargo hold of the ship «Endeavour». The picture was taken with a digital camera immediately after detaching from the station on February 20. (AP / NASA)



12. Type of cabin crew «Endeavour», photographed by a crew member of "Expedition 22" on board the International Space Station before docking on 9 February. (AP / NASA)



13. Partial view of the crew cabin and the forward cargo hold of the ship «Endeavour» during shooting before docking with the station on 9 February. (AP / NASA)



14. Node «Tranquility» in the cargo bay «Endeavour», vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering system of the lens and the mechanism engages on the background of the mountain landscape of the Earth on 9 February. (AP / NASA)



15. Nicholas Patrick - mission specialist «STS-130" - is visible in the installed "dome" on the space station to which the ship is still docked «Endeavour». (AP / NASA)



16. This picture was taken in the first of its kind "bay window" on the International Space Station on February 17th. The "Dome" - which is one and a half weeks ago, the crew of the ship «Endeavour» brought to the station - will be located control various mechanisms station, the crew is able to control the mechanical arms and other operations to track behind the station. (AP / NASA)



17. The International Space Station photographed by a member of the mission «STS-130" crew «Endeavour». (AP / NASA)



18. The spacecraft «Endeavour» landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on 21 February. (AFP / Getty Images / Jim Watson)



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