| Endeavour Docks with ISS |
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| Space Exploration - Earth Orbit | ||
| Mar 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM | ||
 NASA TV Endeavour launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Canter, Cape Canaveral, on Tuesday at 2:28 a.m. EDT in a rare nighttime launch. Docking occurred Wednesday at 11:49 p.m. The hatches between Endeavour and the ISS were opened today at 1:36 a.m. During this visit, five spacewalks will take place to install the Canadian-built Dextre robotic arm and the first component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Kibo laboratory. Kibo (key‐boh) means "hope". It is Japan’s first human‐rated space facility. It took 23 years to develop. Once fully assembled it will be the largest experimental module on the ISS.
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