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Space Shuttle Endeavour – the first and final photos

by | 13th, October 2012

THE 75-tonne Space Shuttle Endeavour used to travel at 17,500mph. It took eight and a half minutes to reach that speed from zero on its 25 missions into space. It went a tad slower as it passed through Los Angeles on its way to the California Science Centre. Endeavour clocked up 123m miles in space. It never had to deal with LA’s roads:

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After being moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building, space shuttle Endeavour rests on launch pad 39b behind a misspelled banner at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, July 11, 2007. The launch is scheduled for Aug. 7. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

 



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