endeavor was delivered to nasa's kennedy space center from its palmdale, california, construction siten may 1991. when endeavor pleats its final -- completes its final mission, it will have traveled more than 115 million miles during 25 trips to space. it will have carried 139 different people into orbit. although endeavor was the final space shuttle to be built, it career has been one of firsts, and its legacy will be one of opening humanity's greatest eye on the universe and expanding the space frontier for nations around the world. for an out of this world space laboratory. >> houston, endeavor, roll program. >> roger, roll, endeavor. >> right now we have about 31 minutes remaining in this planned built-in hold at t minus nine minutes. and the team is not working any issues, weather still green. endeavor's 16-day mission will deliver the alpha magnetic spectrometer ii to the international space station. along with ams, endeavor also fly spare parts on the express carrier three or elc iii, and the mission will feature four space walks to install new components. the last scheduled spa

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