Endeavour launched

CAPE CANAVERAL, FEBRUARY 12: The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off here Saturday, with six astronauts on board, on an 11-day mission to ...

• February 13, 2000 12:00 AM IST
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FEBRUARY 12: The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off here Saturday, with six astronauts on board, on an 11-day mission to create a three-dimensional map of the earth8217;s surface.

The spacecraft lifted off at 23.13 IST, surging into the cloudless blue Florida sky as hundreds of spectators cheered.

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