2/8/10 ~ 4:14:07am
Endeavour roared off its pad on mission STS-130, it's next-to-last flight into space, on February 8, 2010. Endeavour took the Tranquility module, or Node 3, to the space station, along with the Cupola, the windows-on-the-world for the ISS.
Above, a fisheye lens placed just 700 feet from the 19-story shuttle captures the fury of 7.5 million pounds of thrust.
Rollover to VAB Rollout to pad Tranquility & cupola TCDT crew portrait Crew arrival
Remote camera setup RSS rollback & camera check Bolden speaks to media Post-scrub reset Landing
<--- STS-129 STS-131 --->
For a wide angle view of the launch from the Banana Creek site 3.9 miles away, click here
