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To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Endeavour crew answers questions as the shuttle docks. Front row, from left to right: NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Rick Linneha; NASA pilot Greg Johnson, Endeavour commander Dominic Gorie, NASA astronaut Mike Foreman and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi. Second row, left to right: Russian astronaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson and French astronaut Leopold Eyharts.

NASAEndeavour astronauts enjoy own 'March madness'By Liz Austin Peterson, Associated PressTo Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament. So...GALLERY: Endeavour

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Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts Race Enjoy Own March Madness

To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

HOUSTON - To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts enjoying own march madness

HOUSTON — To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts Race Enjoy Own March Madness

HOUSTON - To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

(AP) To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

HOUSTON (AP) -- To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts Race Enjoy Own March Madness

HOUSTON (AP) -- To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

CBNNews.com - HOUSTON -- To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

SPACE SHUTTLE: Shuttle Endeavour docks successfully with the ISS

The shuttle blasted off from Earth on Tuesday. Before the late-night linkup, Endeavour's commander, Dominic Gorie, guided the shuttle through a 360-degree backflip to allow for full photographic surveillance.

US space shuttle Endeavour launched from Florida

The US space shuttle Endeavour has blasted off from its Florida home port on a rare night launch, carrying equipment bound for the International Space Station. Endeavour will take the first part of a Japanese space lab to the ISS during the 16-day mission. The seven-strong crew will install a two-armed robot designed to carry out repairs outside the orbiting space station. Endeavour, which flew its first mission in 1992, is expected to spend 12 days at the ISS. After Endeavour leaves the ISS, Europe's first cargo ship, an unmanned Automated Transfer Vehicle called Jules Verne, will get its chance to dock. The ATV was launched from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on Saturday night. It will orbit near the station during the shuttle's visit, ready to move into position in early April.

Space shuttle Endeavour launches with Japanese lab

Space shuttle Endeavour soared into space Tuesday, carrying parts of a Japanese laboratory that is to become the largest and last research component of the International Space Station. With its installation Japan gains a foothold on the ISS alongside the United States, Russia and Europe, whose laboratory Columbus was delivered to the station in February. Endeavour roared into space at 0628 GMT Tuesday, in a rare night launch from the Kennedy Space Center here -- its motors and booster rockets casting a glare bright as midday along the Florida coast for about 30 seconds. In 53 seconds the shuttle had already attained a speed of about 2,425 kilometers (1,507 miles) per hour -- about twice the speed of sound. Two minutes after launch Endeavour successfully jettisoned its twin solid rocket boosters.

Space Shuttle Endeavour completes STS-123 mission

The Space Shuttle Endeavour landed on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida at 00:39 GMT this morning. Endeavour's landing marks the completion of the STS-123 mission, which saw two new components installed aboard the International Space Station during a 15 day, 18 hour, 10 minute and 54 second mission. Endeavour had travelled 6,758,000 miles, and orbited the Earth 250 times.

Countdown Starts for Shuttle Launch

The crew of space shuttle Endeavour, from left, mission specialist Garrett Reisman, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takao Doi of Japan, pilot Gregory Johnson, commander Dominic Gorie, mission specialist Mike Foreman, mission specialist Rick Linnehan, and mission specialist Robert Behnken arrive at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, March 8, 2008 to prepare for their upcoming launch. Endeavour is on schedule to launch March 11.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

Review: Shuttle Launch Experience

Odds are that you’re not going to get to fly on the Space Shuttle, unless you’re part of that elite group who has already flown on a mission or are a member of the astronaut corps today (and even that’s no guarantee, given the number of astronauts and the number of remaining missions.) That leaves the rest of us, from the hardcore space aficionado to the layman with a casual interest in spaceflight, wondering what it’s like to fly into space on the shuttle. The launch experience has been recounted in everything from books to IMAX documentaries, but now it can be simulated to some degree with an amusement-park-like ride, the Shuttle Launch Experience.

Roundup: Nighttime shuttle launch; U.S. may protect oilsands; Spitzer's next move?

Nighttime launch: The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from a seaside Florida launch pad Tuesday to deliver part of a long-awaited Japanese space laboratory and a Canadian-built robotic system to the International Space Station. Piercing the still of night with a thunderous boom and a flash of white-hot flame, the spaceship lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 2:28 a.m. EDT and disappeared swiftly into clouds to begin a 16-day flight. "We'd like to say konnichiwa, domo arigato and banzai (hello, thank you and banzai)," commander Dominic Gorie said shortly before liftoff, speaking some Japanese in a nod to that country's important role in the mission. "God truly has blessed us with a beautiful night here to launch so let's light ‘em up and give ‘em a show.

Shuttle Endeavour blasts off carrying Japanese lab to space station

The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Endeavour has soared into space, carrying parts of a Japanese laboratory that is to become the largest and last research component of the International Space Station.

Shuttle Endeavour blasts off carrying Japanese lab to space station

The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Endeavour has soared into space, carrying parts of a Japanese laboratory that is to become the largest and last research component of the International Space Station.

Space Shuttle Endeavour docks at space station to deliver Japan lab TECHNOLOGY The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday night on a mission to deliver Japanese and other space laboratories. [KYODO]

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NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour Set to Land Wednesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The space shuttle Endeavour crew is expected to complete its 16-day flight to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, March 26. The STS-123 mission began March 11 and delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. The flight also brought a new crew member to the station and will return an astronaut who has spent nearly seven weeks aboard the complex. NASA managers will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before permitting Endeavour to return to Earth. Wednesday landing opportunities at Kennedy are at 7:05 p.m. EDT and 8:39 p.

Astronauts to Assemble Giant Robot Tonight

In this image provided by NASA Space shuttle Endeavour pulls up to the international space station and docked Wednesday March 12, 2008, kicking off almost two weeks of demanding construction work. Before the late-night linkup, Endeavour's commander, Dominic Gorie, guided the shuttle through a 360-degree backflip to allow for full photographic surveillance. (AP Photo/NASA) (AP)

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