Image: Shuttle Endeavour lifts off

epa01281423 Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from launch Pad 39-A, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 11 March 2008. Endeavour viewed from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) with a crew of seven on mission STS-123 are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) for a sixteen day mission that has a scheduled five space walks. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN