NASA Endeavour Shuttle Launch

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Photo: Space shuttle Endeavour launching at night

Framed by billowing clouds of smoke, the space shuttle Endeavour launches at night on March 11, 2008, headed for the International Space Station. During the more than two-week trip, astronauts conducted spacewalks and started the installation of a modular laboratory. The mission, STS-123, was NASA's 122nd space shuttle mission.

Photograph by Susan Poulton