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Image: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-99

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Description: Space Shuttle Endeavour seems to leap from the among the palmettos on its launch into the clear blue Florida sky. Launch of Endeavour on mission STS-99 occurred at 12:43:40 p.m. EST. Known as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), STS-99 will chart a new course to produce unrivaled 3-D images of the Earth's surface. The result of the SRTM could be close to 1 trillion measurements of the Earth's topography. The mission is expected to last 11 days, with Endeavour landing at KSC Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 4:36 p.m. EST. This is the 97th Shuttle flight and 14th for Shuttle Endeavour.
Title: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-99
Credit: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-99/images/captions/KSC-00PP-0219.html (direct link) Original version: http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/teachers_rocket_images.htm Original uploader was Head at de.wikipedia
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