Shuttle Endeavour baby of fleet; making 25th trip (AP)

Key facts about space shuttle Endeavour:

• Youngest of the three surviving space shuttles

• Replaced Challenger, destroyed during liftoff in 1986

• Named for ship commanded by British explorer James Cook

• First launch on May 7, 1992, for satellite capture and repair mission

• External fuel tank repaired from Hurricane Katrina damage

• Next home: California Science Center in Los Angeles

Key facts about Endeavour's last mission:

• Commanded by Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

• 25th and final flight; second to last of 30-year shuttle program

• Six-man crew, all veteran space fliers. Five Americans, one Italian

• 14-day mission; NASA expects to add two extra days

• Four spacewalks, the last by any shuttle crew member

• Carrying spare parts for International Space Station

• Delivering $2 billion particle physics experiment to space station


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