<h3>Second Spacewalk</h3> NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second spacewalk. Feustel and Mission Specialist Michael Fincke (out of frame) completed all planned tasks, including refilling one of the station's cooling loops with ammonia and lubricating one of the station's massive solar alpha rotary joints.
<h3>On the Rise</h3> In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers monitor the progress of External Fuel Tank-122 as it is lifted toward a test cell. ET-122, the Space Shuttle Program's last external fuel tank, was delivered to Kennedy's Turn Basin from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus Barge. After testing, ET-122 was attached to space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-134 mission.
<h3>The International Space Station and the Docked Space Shuttle Endeavour</h3> ISS027-E-036813 (23 May 2011) --- This image of the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time).
<h3>The Mission Begins</h3> Astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, gets to work soon after Endeavour reaches Earth orbit. Kelly is seated at the commander's station on the shuttle's forward flight deck. Five other veteran crew members are joining the commander on a 16-day mission, much of which will be devoted to work on the International Space Station.
Image credit: NASA
May 16, 2011
Image credit: NASA
May 16, 2011
<h3>Endeavour's Final Flight</h3> Space shuttle Endeavour rises on twin columns of flame from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour began its final flight, the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station, at 8:56 a.m. EDT on May 16.
Image credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Tom Farrar
May 16, 2011
Image credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Tom Farrar
May 16, 2011
<h3>Through the Clouds</h3> Photographed from a shuttle training aircraft, space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member STS-134 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:56 a.m. (EDT) on May 16, 2011, from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
<h3>Endeavour's Final Flight</h3> Space shuttle Endeavour races into space after lifting off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour began its final flight, the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station, at 8:56 a.m. EDT on May 16.
Image credit: NASA/George Roberts and Mike Kerley
May 16, 2011