NASA made final preparations for the launching of the shuttle endeavor bouron a mission to the International Space Station, confident that it had fixed an electrical problem that grounded the spacecraft two weeks earlier. Officials reported no new major technical glitches but were keeping an eye on the weather, saying there was a chance that low clouds or high winds could postpone the launching. The mission, which is expected to last 16 days, will be the 134th and next to last in the 30-year shuttle program, with only a flight by the Atlantis, scheduled for this summer, remaining.
On May 15, Kennedy space center in Florida, space shuttle endeavour ready, is scheduled to launch on 16 local time earlier. Endeavour on April 29, scheduled for the first 25 times executive also the last mission to the international space station, send used to find the dark matter, because a control CiPuYi alf power supply switch box of fault and several degrees postponed. After the flight endeavour will be announced his retirement, this also is the U.S. space shuttle flight. The second countdown Atlantis on final flights in June, the United States almost 30 years after the space shuttle era will be officially ends. America contribute to the world a lot that their technology on the space experience; because of th economic depression which was happened in U.S these few years. NASA decided that space shuttle era will be officially ends after this time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/science/space/16shuttle.html?hp
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