Endeavour lifts off

The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour lifted off on Wednesday evening from Kennedy Space Center in Florida after five delays...After the successful launch the reusable boosters then fell back toward the Atlantic Ocean, where they will land under parachutes and be retrieved by recovery ships...The crew will be working in the International space station...The crew includes Mark Polansky, Canadian Julie Payette and NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, David Wolf, Chris Cassidy, Thomas Marshburn and Tim Kopra on the mission..

U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off

The U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a mission of delivering the International Space Station's (ISS) fourth and final set of solar array wings..The shuttle took off from Kennedy Space Center to see the blastoff.This is NASA's first space shuttle flight in 2009...The crew is expected to do a lot of work over there...The crew consists of 7 members commanded by Lee Archambault..