Watch the launch live
28 April 2011
Watch the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134 mission, with a crew of six including ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, to the International Space Station on 29 April. Liftoff is scheduled for 21:47 CEST (19:47 GMT) and streaming begins one hour before.
Docking with the ISS is due two days later, on 1 May. During this two-week mission, STS-134 will deliver an instrument designed to track elusive antimatter and ‘dark matter’ in the Universe - the AMS-02 alpha magnetic spectrometer.
Related links
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/DAMA_mission- DAMA name and logo
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/DAMA_mission/DAMA_Mission_name_and_logo - Information for media
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/DAMA_mission/Media_assistance - Informazioni in italiano (by ASI)
http://www.asi.it/it/news/endevour_allultimo_liftoff - STS-134 mission
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html - AMS-02 homepage
http://www.ams02.org - MagISStra mission
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/MagISStra - Eneide
http://www.esa.int/eneide - Marco Polo
http://www.esa.int/vittori

