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A
NASA
video showing the launch of
STS-134
, the penultimate mission of
NASA
's
Space Shuttle program
and the 25th and last spaceflight of
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
. Led by the mission commander
Mark Kelly
, this flight delivered the
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
and an
ExPRESS Logistics Carrier
to the
International Space Station
. The first launch attempt, on 29 April 2011, was canceled due to problems with two heaters on one of the orbiter's auxiliary power units (APU); a second, successful attempt was made on 16 May 2011. The shuttle landed for the final time on 1 June 2011.
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