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The US space shuttle Endeavour has been cleared to launch from Florida on an 11 to 14 day assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
The shuttle is scheduled to blast off at 2336 BST (1836 EDT) on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Centre.

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Plant-growth chambers made by a Madison company will journey into space today as part of the latest shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
The shuttle Endeavour will take along two Astro Garden units produced by the Madison-based Orbital Technologies Corp., also known as Orbitec, so astronauts can enjoy a space version of recreational gardening as they continue construction of the station.
The plant chambers will remain on the space station after the shuttle returns to Earth.

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A new space shuttle tile inspection method using NASA-built, wireless scanners is replacing manual inspection. The new process begins with the upcoming shuttle mission, STS-118. Endeavour is scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 6:36 p.m. EDT.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists have developed wireless tile scanners to replace manual inspections of the space shuttles.
NASA announced Tuesday technicians have been using six new scanners to look for cracks and other imperfections in some of the 24,000 tiles that cover space shuttle Endeavour, which is being readied for a Wednesday launch.

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