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Orbiter: Endeavour
Mission: STS-130
Payload: Tranquility
Launch: Feb. 8, 2010
Time: 4:14 a.m. EST
Site: Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Landing: Feb. 21 @ 10:20 p.m. EST
Site: KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility

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In bone-chilling temperatures gripping Central Florida, the space shuttle Endeavour journeys from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A. The 3.5-mile trek began at 4:13 a.m. and ended at 10:37 a.m. EST.


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