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Emerging from the billows of smoke, Space Shuttle Endeavour hurtles into the sky from launch pad 39A. The mission is the 22nd shuttle flight to the International Space Station but also represents a few other milestones as it is Endeavours return to flight from its long standing role as an emergency standby craft and is also the 150th manned flight to space by NASA. It will continue ISS construction by delivering a third truss segment, the SPACEHAB module and the external stowage platform. Usual refinements done in CS3, NoiseNinja & DFT 55mm.

Original Image Credit: NASA/KSC Media/Reuters.