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Description: Billows of smoke and steam infused with the fiery light from space shuttle Endeavour's launch on the STS-127 mission fill NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. Liftoff was on-time at 6:03 p.m. EDT. Today was the sixth launch attempt for the STS-127 mission. The launch was scrubbed on June 13 and June 17 when a hydrogen gas leak occurred during tanking due to a misaligned Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate. The mission was postponed July 11, 12 and 13 due to weather conditions near the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy that violated rules for launching, and lightning issues. Endeavour will deliver the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility and the Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section in the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory complex on the International Space Station.
Title: STS-127 Launch 05
Credit: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=42284 (dead link as of 01 March 2017) http://archive.defense.gov/DODCMSShare/NewsStoryPhoto/2009-07/hrs_45159-2009-07-17-070722.jpg (current as of 01 March 2017)
Author: NASA/Sandra Joseph, Kevin O'Connell
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