Space shuttle Endeavour lights up the night sky
as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
Florida
LAUNCH OF NASA'S SHUTTLE
ENDEAVOUR SPARKS EARLY MONDAY SUNRISE
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle
Endeavour lit up the predawn sky above Florida's Space Coast on Monday
with a 4:14 a.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The
shuttle's last scheduled night launch began a 13-day flight to the
International Space Station and the final year of shuttle operations.
Endeavour's STS-130 mission will
include three spacewalks and the delivery of the Tranquility node, the
final major U.S. portion of the station. Tranquility will provide
additional room for crew members and many of the space station's life
support and environmental control systems.
Attached to Tranquility is a cupola
with seven windows, which houses a robotic control station. The
windows will provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial objects and
visiting spacecraft. After the node and cupola are added, the orbiting
laboratory will be approximately 90 percent complete.
Shortly before liftoff, Commander
George Zamka said, "Thanks to the great team that got Tranquility,
cupola and Endeavour to this point. And thanks also to the team that
got us ready to bring Node 3 and cupola to life. We'll see you in a
couple of weeks. It's time to go fly."
Zamka is joined on the flight by
Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialists Kathryn Hire, Stephen
Robinson, Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken. Virts is making his
first trip to space.
Endeavour's first landing opportunity
at Kennedy is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 20, at 10:01 p.m. The
STS-130 mission will be Endeavour's 24th flight and the 32nd shuttle
mission dedicated to station assembly and maintenance.
NASA's Web coverage of STS-130
includes mission information, interactive features, news conference
images, graphics and videos. Mission coverage, including the latest
NASA TV schedule, is available on the main space shuttle Web site at:
NASA is providing continuous
television and Internet coverage of the mission. NASA Television
features live mission events, daily status news conferences and
24-hour commentary. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule
information, visit:
Daily news conferences with
STS-130 mission managers will take place at NASA's Johnson Space
Center in Houston. Johnson will operate a telephone bridge for media
briefings that occur outside of normal business hours. To use this
service, reporters must possess valid media credentials issued by a
NASA center or issued specifically for the STS-130 mission.
Journalists planning to use the
service must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later
than 15 minutes prior to the start of a briefing. Newsroom personnel
will verify credentials and transfer reporters to the phone bridge.
Phone bridge capacity is limited, so it will be available on a
first-come, first-serve basis.
Patrick, who holds a doctorate in
mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
plans to tweet from orbit during the mission. He can be followed at:
Code Amber News Service (CANS) issued this Missing Endangered person Alert after the girl disappeared from her bedroom some time after 3 AM Tuesday morning in Satsuma. Satsuma is approximately 75 miles east of Gainsville.
Haleigh Cummings a white female, 3 feet tall, weighs 39 pounds and has blond hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt and underwear.
There are no suspects in this case at this time. However, due to the circumstances of the child's disappearance an abduction is strongly suspected.
There is no suspect vehicle at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Putnam County Sheriff's office at (386) 329-0808 or dial 911.
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