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Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:23
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NASA has approved the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on April 29, the ferry's 25th and final voyage.

The crew will consist of six persons headed by veteran Mark Kelly.  Shuttle's main task will be to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer instrument, AMS, to the International Space Station.  The instrument that has cost two billion U.S. dollars to build will be used to look for such antimatter in space.

 

Four spacewalks will be performed while Endeavour is docked to the ISS.  The ferry will be in orbit for 16 days.

With this trip, No 134 of NASA's regime, Endeavour makes its final voyage.  The 30-year program with the space shuttles will be completed in the summer when the shuttle Atlantis makes one final trip to the space station.
 
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