Orbiter: Endeavour
Shuttle Mission: STS-111
Date: June 5, 2002

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -– About seven minutes before launch, the Orbiter Access Arm is retracted from Shuttle Endeavour. Four minutes later, the orbiter's aerosurfaces and main engines are rotated. The Gaseous Oxygen Vent Arm, which prevents the oxygen vapors exiting the top of the External Tank from forming ice, is retracted. Finally, Space Shuttle Endeavour erupts from the cloud of smoke below and roars into space on mission STS-111 to the International Space Station. Mission STS-111 is the 18th flight of Endeavour and the 110th flight overall in NASA's Space Shuttle program. On mission STS-111, astronauts will deliver the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, the Mobile Base System (MBS), and the Expedition Five crew to the Space Station.

STS-111 photos are online. (Note: This is a graphic-intensive site and may be difficult to view with low speed modems or when this web site receives heavy traffic loads).

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