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  Space Shuttle Endeavour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Endeavour was delivered in May 1991 and first launched in May 1992.
Endeavour was withdrawn from service for eight months in 1997 for a retrofit, including installation of a new airlock.
The orbiter is named after the HM Bark Endeavour, the ship commanded by 18th century explorer James Cook; the name also honored Endeavour, the Command Module of Apollo 15.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour   (334 words)

  
 Endeavour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Endeavour sailed from Antigua as scheduled at 1600hrs on 27th and luckily was able to set the squares actually inside the harbour and sail out, firing canons much to the pleasure of the crowd that came to see the ship leave.
Endeavour made a transit of the Panama Canal on Saturday 8th January in daylight hours (Endeavour in the Gatun lock on Saturday morning) and berthed at the Flamenco Yacht Club, Bilboa, Panama where the ship was open for exhibition January 9-12 before departing for the Galapagos early on 13th January.
Endeavour was invited to visit the islands of Fatu Hiva and Hiva Oa in the Southern Marquesas Islands group before continuing on her journey towards Tahiti.
www.barkendeavour.com.au   (5162 words)

  
 Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (OV-105)
Endeavour, the newest addition to the four-orbiter fleet, is named after the first ship commanded by James Cook, the 18th century British explorer, navigator and astronomer.
On Endeavour's maiden voyage in August 1768, Cook sailed to the South Pacific (to observe and record the infrequent event of the planet Venus passing between the Earth and the sun).
Endeavour and her crew reportedly made the first long-distance voyage on which no crewman died from scurvy, the dietary disease caused by lack of ascorbic acids.
science.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/resources/orbiters/endeavour.html   (663 words)

  
 endeavour k4
Endeavour, a 130-foot J Class sloop, was commissioned by Sir T.O.M. Sopwith and built by Camper and Nicholson at Gosport England to challenge for the America's Cup in 1934.
Endeavour's missing keel and ballast were rebuilt, the steel frames and hull plating repaired and replaced where necessary, and a new rudder fabricated.
Between 1989 and 1999 Endeavour cruised expensively and competed in numerous races, creating a wonderful spectacle In April 1999, history repeated itself when she was joined by Shamrock V and Velsheda to compete in the Antigua Classics Regatta, bringing in a new era of J Class sailing a sight not seen in over 60 years.
www.jclassyachts.com /endeavour.html   (621 words)

  
 Endeavour - Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction
Endeavour is designed for the solution of crystal structures from powder diffraction data.
Endeavour closes the remaining gap in the process of structure solution from powder diffraction data.
Since Endeavour is based upon the experienced Diamond visualization technology, the user can watch the crystal structure evolving from a completely random arrangement of atoms to the final model during the solution process.
www.crystalimpact.com /endeavour   (213 words)

  
 ASTA - Sailing Aboard HMS Endeavour
Endeavour is a three-masted majestic square rigger with nine square sails and a dozen smaller sails and measures 109 feet, three inches long and 29 feet, two inches on the beam.
Endeavour is surveyed to ASA USL 2A, which gives her an unlimited international range as a sailing cargo ship and meets standards certified by the National Maritime Museum and the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Endeavour is operated as a traditional three-watch sailing vessel, with voyage crew taking on a demanding schedule of sailing around the clock, lectures, eating, swabbing the decks, and falling asleep (usually in a state of fatigue) in hammocks.
www.sailtraining.org /articles/artcl009.htm   (2417 words)

  
 Endeavour Area
Thus, the Endeavour Hot Vents Area appears to be a critical source to sustain the regional vent species pool on Juan de Fuca Ridge.
Seafloor metallic sulfide deposits, such as those at Endeavour, have many features in common with so-called "volcanogenic massive sulfide ores" that are mined on land in Canada and formed in ancient oceans as much as 2700 million years ago.
One is whether Endeavour fosters a greater diversity of species and greater endemism as might be expected by its size.
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca /oceans/Endeavour/backgrnd-report_e.htm   (5406 words)

  
 Space Shuttle Endeavour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Endeavour, the newest addition to NASA's four-orbiter fleet, is named after the first ship commanded by James Cook, the 18th century British explorer, navigator and astronomer.
Thus far Endeavour has retrieved and repaired satellites, explored the nature of interstellar matter, experimented with materials in microgravity, launched communications satellites and explored the surface of the Earth with multi-frequency radar.
Endeavour is carrying on the grand tradition of exploration and scientific research extablished by its namesake over two hundred years ago.
liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov /Shuttle/ASTRO2/description/shuttle/endeavour.html   (330 words)

  
 Endeavour
Endeavour undocked from Mir on January 29 at 16:57 GMT and made one flyaround of the station before departing and landing at Kennedy Space Center's runway 15 at 22:35 GMT on January 31.
The Raffaello module was unberthed from Endeavour at 1701 GMT on December 8 and berthed to the Unity module of the station at 1755 UTC.
The Starshine-2 reflector satellite was ejected from the MACH-1 bridge in Endeavour's payload bay at 1502 UTC on December 16.
www.astronautix.com /craft/endavour.htm   (3946 words)

  
 endeavour: about   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Endeavour is a Queensland based charity devoted to providing independence to people with intellectual disability.
Endeavour provides this independence through the provision of employment, education, life skills training and residential facilities.
Endeavour is urgently in need of funds to continue providing essential support to people with intellectual disability.
corporate.endeavour.com.au /about/about.asp   (110 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | STS-108 | Shuttle Endeavour soars into orbit amid high security
Endeavour also is carrying several tons of equipment and supplies, including fresh food, clothing and a five-octave electronic piano.
Endeavour originally was scheduled for launch last Thursday, but the flight was put on hold after a Russian Progress supply ship ran into problems linking up with the space station the day before.
A dramatic view of Endeavour's ignition and liftoff is shown in dramatic fashion from a camera positioned in front of launch pad 39B.
www.spaceflightnow.com /station/stage8a/011205launch   (1301 words)

  
 Endeavour
Endeavour started her long and colourful career as a rescue vessel in the U.S. Lifesaving Service (predecessor to the Coast Guard), stationed at Point Adams on the Columbia River bar in Oregon.
In 1938 Rankin turned Endeavour over to his old friend Amos Burg, a writer, filmaker, and explorer, who had first gone to sea with Capt. Rankin as his cabin boy aboard the steamer Rose City in 1917.
Identical to Endeavour (and perhaps it is her), a 36 foot lifeboat breaching a wave.
www.alaska.net /~fritzf/Boats/endeavour/endeavour.htm   (756 words)

  
 Space: The Space Shuttle Endeavour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As the NASA space shuttle Endeavour closed in on the International Space Station, the astronauts who have been living on the station for a month dealt with their first traffic jam.
Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six returned to Earth on Tuesday with more than a week's worth of radar images that will be transformed into the finest maps of the planet.
Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour began their last full day of Earth mapping on Sunday as scientists gleefully awaited the radar data that will be processed into detailed 3D maps of the planet's surface.
partners.nytimes.com /library/national/science/endeavour-index.html   (1100 words)

  
 CNN.com - Shuttle Endeavour lifts off - Nov. 24, 2002
The space shuttle Endeavour thundered into space Saturday, carrying a new crew and a $390 million girder to the international space station.
Endeavour lifted off like a bright fireball over Florida in a dramatic evening launch, following weeks of delay due to a shuttle oxygen leak, a bruised shuttle robotic arm and poor weather at emergency landing sites.
Endeavour's launch was delayed several times over the past two weeks.
archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/11/23/shuttle   (384 words)

  
 Endeavour - Tall Ship Close Up - tallship.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Endeavour is a museum-standard replica of the ship Cook used on the first of his epic voyages.
These days Endeavour is based in Sydney where she is operated as a sail training vessel and serves as a base for an informal in-house educational centre in maritime history as well as doing passenger day sails.
In fact, Endeavour has sailed round the world since her launch on 9th December 1993, encountered all weathers from calms to hurricanes and been admired by a million or more people.
www.tallship.co.uk /tallships/issue012.phtml?orderID=0   (449 words)

  
 Endeavour 32 Sailboat Specifications
The Endeavour 32 was originally built as keel/centerboarder with the same configuration as the Irwin 32 (3'6" board up, 7'10" board down), or with a fixed shoal keel with 4'2" draft.
The interior of the Endeavour 32 is a molded fiberglass unit with bulkheads and cabinetry fastened to it with screws, bolts, and adhesives.
One admirable characteristic of the Endeavour 32's performance is that the hull almost never pounds in a seaway and the boat can be easily handled by a small crew.
www.endeavourowners.com /boats/e32/e32specs.html   (2000 words)

  
 USS Endeavour - Ships Named Endeavour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
With 93 men on board, and at just 100 feet in length, the Endeavour was to sail to Tahiti to watch the 'transit of Venus', and then on to the South Pacific to complete a top secret mission.
Endeavour was first launched in 1992 and on its first first mission captured and redeployed a stranded communications satellite.
The Endeavour, affectionately known as "The Rustbucket", adhered to the greater mission of science and exploration when many of her sister ships were refitted to serve more as guards and battleships.
www.ussendeavour.org /ships.html   (435 words)

  
 Endeavour Training   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The name 'Endeavour' dates back to the first Operation Endeavour, a personal development training course which Dick ran for 12 boys at Easter 1955, with the aim of helping them to develop in 'mind, body and spirit'.
ENDEAVOUR is particularly successful at working with hard to reach groups, those ‘at risk’ of exclusion, and those already on the edges of society, and currently operates in:
ENDEAVOUR’s expanding range of projects and programmes are all tailored to meet the specific identified needs of the participants, based on core principles of voluntary participation and progressive empowerment.
www.endeavour.org.uk   (486 words)

  
 HM Bark Endeavor
She was bought on the 29th March 1768 for 2,212 pounds15 shillings and 6 pence for the hull and 94 pound and 10 shillings for mast and spars later reduced to 56 pounds and 17 shillings she was taken to the ways at Deptford dockyard to be dismasted and docked.
After the return of the Endeavour on the 18th of July 1771 she was paid of at Woolwich and docked, resheathed and refitted in all respects as a store ship to carry supplies to the Falklands.
In 1775 she was sold from service with the Royal navy.1790 the Endeavour was sold at Dunkirk and entered the whaling trade as La Liberte, she was declared unseaworthy after an accident in 1790 and was condemned at Newport Rhode Island.
www.whitby-yorkshire.co.uk /endeavour/endeavour.htm   (578 words)

  
 endeavour: history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Endeavour was established in 1951 by a group of parents and friends, who responded to a need for education, care and support services for their children with intellectual disability.
Endeavour is now known as a statewide body, offering a multitude of services to people with intellectual disability.
Endeavour bedroom furniture in Toowoomba was awarded a Furniture Industry Association of Australia Award for excellence of design and manufacture.
corporate.endeavour.com.au /about/history.asp   (1667 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Shuttle Endeavour Safely Returns Home to Florida
Shuttle Endeavour approaches to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 7, 2002.
Endeavour rolls to a stop on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding the final shuttle mission of 2002.
Shuttle Endeavour's next trip into space is now targeted for May 23, when it is to carry into orbit another truss segment, this one outfitted with another of the giant power-creating solar wings.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/sts113_land_021207.html   (923 words)

  
 Endeavour
Abbass was the first person to publish that one of the vessels at the bottom of the harbor may be the Endeavour.
Dr. Abbass, intent on securing the Endeavour for research purposes, said she figured preservationists would have a stronger case if the state made a salvage claim in its own name.
But the esteemed Endeavour's fate changed after her first voyage to the South Pacific when it was sold to be used as a cargo vessel.
www.usdoj.gov /marshals/history/endeavour   (1176 words)

  
 ESA Portal - Successful launch of Endeavour
When Endeavour’s crew arrives at 19.57 (GMT) on Saturday 2 December, they will be the first visitors to the International Space Station (ISS) since its resident crew arrived on 2 November.
After Endeavour’s departure, the United States and Russian flight controllers will decide on whether or not to redock Progress to ISS.
Endeavour’s job is to deliver the P6 Integrated Truss Segment, which includes the first set of Solar arrays and a power distribution system.
www.esa.int /esaCP/GGGKULOZ0GC_index_0.html   (230 words)

  
 Endeavour Enterprises N.V. : Historical view   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The second notable Endeavour came about in 1989 when American President George Bush announced the name of the new space shuttle orbiter vehicle as Endeavour, after Captain Cook’s historic ship.
The space shuttle Endeavour was delivered to Kennedy Space Center in May 1991, and flew its first mission, highlighted by the dramatic rescue of a stranded communications satellite, a year later in May 1992.
This Endeavour has been recreated to exacting standards and has sailed on her own voyage around the world.
www.endeavour-eu.com /html/history.html   (331 words)

  
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The transaction is intended to provide Endeavour with a pre-eminent seismic and geological database of the North Sea region; and an experienced management team.
Endeavour's current production from these net interests is approximately 1,900 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
In December 2004, the company was awarded a 7.5% ownership in two additional licenses in Norway as part of the 2004 Awards in Predefined Areas, a concession round held annually by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in mature parts of the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
www.amex.com /equities/listCmp/EqLCCmpDesc.jsp?Product_Symbol=END   (406 words)

  
 Endeavour.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Garland E. Allen, Genetics, eugenics and the medicalization of social behavior: lessons from the past, Endeavour 23 (1) (1999) pp.
Austriaco, The Clock of Ages, Endeavour 20 (3) (1996) pp.
Hervé Bazin, The ethics of vaccine usage in society: lessons from the past, Endeavour 25 (3) (2001) pp.
www.elsevier.com /cdweb/journals/01609327/viewer.htt?viewtype=authors   (391 words)

  
 Business Wire: Aspen Group Resources to Acquire Endeavour Resources; Acquisition to Increase Production by 60%
Aspen has also agreed to pay a break-up fee of US$500,000 to Endeavour in the event that more than 50% of Endeavour shares are tendered and not acquired by Aspen or if a third party acquires more than 50% of the shares of Aspen.
In the United States, Endeavour owns working interests in a producing property located in the Pandura Field in Webb County Texas and is currently drilling in Sabine County, Texas.
Endeavour is a Calgary based oil and gas company actively engaged in the exploration and development of oil and natural gas in Western Canada and Southern United States.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Oct_24/ai_79393152   (865 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- NASA Clears Endeavour for Friday Launch Attempt
A close-up view of shuttle Endeavour's damaged robot arm is seen here as a worker runs an ultrasound scan on the area.
The decision to proceed was made after tests in Canada proved that damage accidentally inflicted on shuttle Endeavour's robot arm by a moving work platform at pad 39A would not compromise the structural integrity of the crane.
The 50-foot-long (15-meter-long) boom will be used to lift the 14.5-ton P-One truss segment from Endeavour's cargo bay and then hand off the girder to the station's slightly larger Canadarm2 for installation at the orbiting outpost.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/sts113_update_021120.html   (740 words)

  
 Endeavour launch is delayed again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Shuttle managers hope Endeavour can be readied for liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 9 at 11:08 a.m.
Efforts to launch Endeavour on Monday were scrubbed by rainy weather and a computer problem that surfaced during the countdown.
Endeavour commander Kevin Kregel, pilot Dominic "Dom" Gorie, flight engineer Janet Kavandi and mission specialists Janice Voss, Mamoru Mohri of Japan and Gerhard Thiele of Germany were to leave Florida today for Houston, where they will resume training at the Johnson Space Center.
www.chron.com /content/interactive/space/missions/sts-099/stories/000202.html   (244 words)

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