Space shuttle Endeavour soars through the clouds toward orbit after lifting off at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Space shuttle Endeavour soars through the clouds toward orbit after lifting off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Endeavour began its final flight, the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station, at 8:56 a.m. EDT on May 16. Endeavour and its six-member crew will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), Express Logistics Carrier-3, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper to the space station. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/George Roberts and Mike Kerley