Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Tuesday. Endeavour's seven-man crew will deliver the first section of Japan's lab and Canada's two-armed robotic system to the International Space Station.

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Shuttle Endeavour blasts off from Cape Canaveral to begin longest space station mission ever

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• March 11, 2008