Preparing the Space Shuttle Endeavour for its final journey into orbit

Space · Published 18 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: Watch the assembly of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it mates with its external tank and twin solid rocket boosters. This footage captures the orbiter's final preparations at Kennedy Space Center before its last mission.

This assembly was part of the preparations for mission STS-134, which was scheduled for launch on April 19.

The 14-day mission was designed to deliver critical equipment to the International Space Station, including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer—a particle physics detector used to search for unusual matter via cosmic ray measurements—and the Express Logistics Carrier 3, a platform for station spare parts.

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