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The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on Launch Pad 39A after the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (RSS), Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Launch was planned for April 29, but was delayed due to technical problems. Endeavour and the STS-134 crew launched on May 16, 2011 to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre.

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Image Number: 201104290008HQ
Date: April 28, 2011

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View of the launch of the Little Joe-5B spacecraft from Wallops Island on April 28, 1961.

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Image Number: S61-01690
Date: April 28, 1961

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Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. prepares for a training ride in the Gimbal Rig in 1960. Installed in the AWT in 1958 to test control systems, the Gimbal Rig was modified into a facility used to train all seven Mercury astronauts. In 1999, the Lewis Center was renamed to honor Glenn.

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Image Number: C-1960-52745
Date: February 23, 1960

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(1960) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. prepares to enter the gondola of the U.S. Navy centrifuge which is used to test gravitational stress on astronauts training for spaceflight. Schirra became the pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) six-orbit space mission.

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Image Number: G60-02461
Date: 1960

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