NASA's space shuttle "Endeavour" launch (10 images)

Guests look on from the terrace of Operations Support Building II as space shuttle Endeavour launches from pad 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida on the STS-130 mission on February 8, 2010. Endeavour and its crew will deliver to the International Space Station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. UPI//Paul E. Alers/NASA

NASA's space shuttle "Endeavour" launches at 4:14:08 AM on mission STS 130 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on February 8, 2010. Endeavour's launch begins the final year of space shuttle missions. Currently, NASA will retire the three remaining orbiters, completing the shuttle program by year's end. Endeavour is flying to the International Space Station on a fourteen day mission with a crew of six to deliver the Tranquility node and a cupola providing crews with unprecedented views of earth. UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell

NASA's space shuttle "Endeavour" launches at 4:14:08 AM on mission STS 130 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on February 8, 2010. Endeavour's launch begins the final year of space shuttle missions. Currently, NASA will retire the three remaining orbiters, completing the shuttle program by year's end. Endeavour is flying to the International Space Station on a fourteen day mission with a crew of six to deliver the Tranquility node and a cupola providing crews with unprecedented views of earth. UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell

NASA's space shuttle "Endeavour" launches at 4:14:08 AM on mission STS 130 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on February 8, 2010. Endeavour's launch begins the final year of space shuttle missions. Currently, NASA will retire the three remaining orbiters, completing the shuttle program by year's end. Endeavour is flying to the International Space Station on a fourteen day mission with a crew of six to deliver the Tranquility node and a cupola providing crews with unprecedented views of earth. UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell