NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations, Bill Gerstenmaier (foreground) watches the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-118) from the Launch Control Center Wednesday, August 8, 2007, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Shuttle lifted off from launch pad 39A at 6:36p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"