STS-134
25th and last spaceflight of Space Shuttle Endeavour
NASA galleries for STS-134:
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English: STS-134 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Endeavour. It launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011. It was the final flight of Endeavour.
Crew
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Official crew portrait
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Official mission poster
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Cake-cutting ceremony
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Mark Kelly, Commander
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Rick Sturckow, Backup Commander
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Gregory Johnson, Pilot
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Michael Fincke
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Roberto Vittori
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Andrew Feustel
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Gregory Chamitoff
Before Launch
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Crew arrives at Kennedy
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Endeavour at the Pad
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Before the first launch attempt
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Crew meets Michelle and Barack Obama
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Crew arrival 2nd launch attempt
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Before second launch attempt
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Astrovan pre-flight photo
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The sun rises over the press site
Training
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Crew bailout training
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Andrew Feustel
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Gregory Johnson in the Full Fuselage Trainer
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Johnson, Fincke and Chamitoff
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Chamitoff awaits the start of a spacewalk training session
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Mark Kelly
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Roberto Vittori
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Crew Compartment Trainer - Roberto Vittori
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Mark Kelly's comeback news conference
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
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Crew begins dress rehearsal
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Mark Kelly in the Shuttle Training Aircraft
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Mark Kelly performs touch-and-go landings
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Group photo in front of an M113 vehicle
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Mark Kelly and Professor Sam Ting at Endeavour's payload bay
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The crew checks out a slidewire basket
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Roberto Vittori and Michael Fincke in the White Room
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Crew portrait on the Launch Pad
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Mark Kelly and Michael Fincke leave Kennedy
Shuttle Stack
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Solid rocket booster segment stacking
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External Tank ET-122 in front of the VAB
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ET-122 being moved into Vehicle Assembly Building
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Last external fuel tank commemorative patch
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SRB right forward assembly
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Mobile Launcher Platform with two Solid Rocket Boosters
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MLP with two SRBs and spraying tank truck
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External Tank ET-122 lowering
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Ready to Roll
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Last rollover commemorative photo
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Endeavour approaches the VAB
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Endeavour is lowered into place
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Orbiter Avionics Bays
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Orbiter Aft Avionics Bays
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Endeavour's aft avionics bay 5
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The faulty and uncovered Load Control Assembly-2
Rollout
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STS-134 Payload Overview
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C-5 aircraft lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility, delivering ELC-3
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ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3
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ELC-3 Layout
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Top view of the ELC-3
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Bottom (keel) view of the ELC-3
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Ammonia Tank Assembly (cover removed)
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Cargo Transportation Container 2 (CTC-2)
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High-Pressure Gas Tank (cover removed)
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S-Band Antenna Support Assembly
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Space Test Program - Houston 3
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Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in the Space Station Processing Facility
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AMS-02 is moved to a payload canister
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ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3
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ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 is moved to a payload canister
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The Rotating Service Structure is opened
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Payload canister arrives at Launch Pad
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Endeavour and payload canister on Launch Pad
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AMS-02 was moved to Endeavour's payload bay
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Endeavour's payload bay
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Payload bay doors are closed
Launch
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Endeavour's launch seen from a shuttle training aircraft
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External Tank is jettisoned
In Orbit
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Greg Chamitoff and Mark Kelly on Endeavour's middeck
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Endeavour's payload bay in space
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Mike Fincke lifts heavy bags and floats freely inside Endeavour.
Flight Day 3 (Docking)
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Mark Kelly and Greg H. Johnson on the forward flight deck
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Mark Kelly, Greg H. Johnson and Roberto Vittori on the flight deck during docking operations
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ISS seen from Space Shuttle
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Endeavour approaches the space station
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ISS seen from Space Shuttle
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Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
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Starboard wing close up
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Endeavour's payload bay and the partly obscured ISS
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Endeavour during the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
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Cady Coleman next to a porthole with the Endeavour
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The hatches are open
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Crew welcome
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Endeavour's payload bay seen from the Cupola
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ELC-3 in the grasp of Endeavour's robotic arm
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ELC-3 robotic arm hand off
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Italian astronauts Paolo Nespoli and Roberto Vittori
Flight Day 4
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AMS-02 in space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay
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Closeup
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AMS-02 in the grasp of Endeavour's robotic arm
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View from the Cupola to space shuttle Endeavour
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Roberto Vittori floats through the Destiny lab
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Roberto Vittori and Mark Kelly in a mirror
Flight Day 5 (EVA 1)
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EVA1 preparing in the Quest airlock
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The starboard truss with the newly-installed AMS-02
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Gregory Chamitoff exits the Quest airlock
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Feustel seen from Chamitoff
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Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff
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Andrew Feustel
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Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff
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Andrew Feustel
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Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff
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Andrew Feustel
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EVA choreographer Michael Fincke
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Gregory Chamitoff enters the Quest airlock
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Gregory H. Johnson
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Andrew Feustel enters the Quest airlock
Flight Day 6
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Endeavour's heat shield tile damage
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The STS-134 and Expedition 27 crews during a special call from Pope Benedict XVI
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STS-134 and Expedition 27 joint crew portrait
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Mark Kelly, Roberto Vittori and Greg Chamitoff during a break in the Unity node
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Mark Kelly attaches a decal of his mission patch in the Unity node
Flight Day 7 (EVA 2)
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Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke near the Quest airlock
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Andrew Feustel
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Drew Feustel re-enters the Quest airlock
Flight Day 8
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Mark Kelly in the middeck of Endeavour
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Paolo Nespoli and Roberto Vittori in the ATV-2 "Johannes Kepler"
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Soyuz TMA-20 with Kondratyev, Coleman and Nespoli leaves the ISS
Flight Day 9
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Michael Fincke and Ron Garan behind a rack
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Michael Fincke and Ron Garan on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly
Flight Day 10 (EVA 3)
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Andrew Feustel
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Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke
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EVA3 choreographer Gregory Chamitoff
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Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke
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Michael Fincke
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Andrew Feustel
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Andrew Feustel
Flight Day 11
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Traditional in-flight crew portrait
Flight Day 12 (EVA 4)
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EVA4 preparations in the Quest airlock
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Gregory Chamitoff and Michael Fincke
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Michael Fincke
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Gregory Chamitoff
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Michael Fincke
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Fincke and the new Boom Assembly
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Gregory Chamitoff
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Michael Fincke
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View to the Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Michael Fincke
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The new Boom Assembly photographed by Fincke
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Gregory Chamitoff
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View to the Russian Orbital Segment
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View from above of the Integrated Truss Structure
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View from the top of ELC-3 across the ISS
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Ron Garan and Mark Kelly on Endeavour's middeck
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Greg H. Johnson, Michael Fincke, Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenko
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STS-134 and Expedition 28 crew members on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour
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View of a starry sky and Earth's horizon from the Kibo lab
Flight Day 13
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Michael Fincke on Endeavour's middeck
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Michael Fincke in the Kibo laboratory
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Endeavour, backdropped by a night time view of Earth and a starry sky
Flight Day 14
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Gregory H. Johnson on Endeavour's middeck
Flight Day 15 (Undocking)
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Space Shuttle Endeavour after undocking
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International Space Station after undocking
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AMS closeup
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Crew members during undocking and fly-around operations
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Mark Kelly during undocking and fly-around operations
Flight Day 17 (Landing)
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Crew after landing
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Last towback
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Endeavour approaches OPF-1
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Decommissioning
Others
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Long-range ground track
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Mid-range
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Close-range