‘Smoothest countdown’ sends Endeavour on a 16-day mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – Two minor problems that cropped up as space shuttle Endeavour roared into a cloud bank over Launch Complex 39A here early March 11 are covered by backup systems and shouldn’t be a problem on the 16-day STS-123/1J/A International Space Station assembly mission. “This was the...

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