KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on mission STS-118, water pours over the mobile launcher platform below for sound suppression. The 22nd shuttle flight to the International Space Station, the mission will continue space station construction by delivering a third starboard truss segment, S5, and other payloads such as the SPACEHAB module and the external stowage platform 3. Liftoff of Endeavour was on time at 6:36 p.m. EDT. Photo credit: NASA/John Kechele, Scott Haun, Tom Farrar
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date August 8, 2007