Raw Video: The Endeavour Countdown and Liftoff - The Final Launch

The STS-134 crew led by Commander Mark Kelly are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 8:56 a.m. EDT Monday, May 16 onboard the Spaceship Endeavour. The crew consists of Kelly, pilot Greg Johnson, mission specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori. They will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and critical supplies to the ISS including: two communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional parts for the Dextre robot. The AMS is a particle physics detector designed to search for various types of unusual cosmic matter. The crew also will transfer Endeavour's orbiter boom sensor system, where it could assist spacewalkers as an extension for the station's robotic arm. The STS-134 mission is the next-to-last for the Space Shuttle Program and the final one for shuttle Endeavour.

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[coolbo7963]

@HeyThereJan Launch my friend,launch.

[Mikolajja]

goddamn look at that thing fly....

[HeyThereJan]

why do i have to think of black ops now?

[WebsiteToSell]

Very clear footage of the liftoff. Good job :)

[mantaslt520]

@ArtofBH fake are u stupid? u are fake

[ArtofBH]

Fake.

[Blain1971]

Guys, the shuttle uses no gasoline by itself. It uses solid propellants just like the stuff found in fireworks, hydrogen, oxygen, hydrazine, MMH and dinitrogentetroxide (N2O4). Therefore it has no effect whatsoever on the gas market.

[coritibaUSA]

thats y fuel its so expensive!!!!!!

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

@A550RGY Just being honest.

[A550RGY]

@bamboo4tameshigiri Ooooo, are you a rocket scientist?  Cause you sound all authoritative and shit.