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Endeavour Blasts Into Space

Shuttle will dock with space station tomorrow

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2008 6:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – The shuttle Endeavour thundered off its launch pad early this morning, carrying seven astronauts and two major pieces of hardware to the International Space Station. On board is a $1 billion science module that contains research gear for the station's lab, the first Japanese contribution... Read full story »

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