The US space shuttle Endeavour has blasted off from Florida, bound for the International Space Station.
The newest of Nasa's three remaining space shuttles, Endeavour and its seven-man crew left Earth in a rare night launch.
The $100 billion (£50bn) project will be the longest planned visit by a shuttle to the orbital outpost.
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