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STS-123 day 1 highlights

The highlights from shuttle Endeavour's launch day are packaged into this movie.

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Launching on the shuttle

Video cameras on the boosters and tank, plus a cockpit camera show what the shuttle and its astronauts experience during the trek to space.

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STS-120: In review

The STS-120 crew narrates highlights from its mission that delivered the station's Harmony module and moved the P6 power truss.

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STS-123: TCDT

The STS-123 astronauts complete their countdown dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center.

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STS-123: To the pad

Endeavour travels to pad 39A in the overnight hours of Feb. 18 in preparation for liftoff on STS-123.

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Endeavour roars into the night

Space shuttle Endeavour launches at 2:28 a.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A to deliver a Japanese stowage module and a Canadian robot handyman to the space station.

The ship soared into a low deck of clouds over the launch site a half-minute after liftoff, disappearing from view.


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