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 We are pleased to offer the following high definition video of the STS-130 mission to our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. These video files are presented in 720p resolution. Learn how you can subscribe to Spaceflight Now Plus.  Post-landing comments from crew  Running Time: 5 min 01 sec File Size: 181 MB The space shuttle Endeavour astronauts make a few comments from the Kennedy Space Center runway after the landing.  DOWNLOADAstronauts examine shuttle Endeavour on the runway  Running Time: 9 min 47 sec File Size: 372 MB The six astronauts have left the Crew Transport Vehicle for the traditional walkaround look at the space shuttle on the runway. There to greet them are NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and KSC Center Director Bob Cabana, both former astronauts themselves. DOWNLOADLanding of shuttle Endeavour  Running Time: 2 min 54 sec File Size: 101 MB Shuttle Endeavour and crew safely return from their mission to bring Tranquility to the International Space Station and throw open the curtains to a spectacular bay window view on our home planet. DOWNLOADLanding Replays: Edge of runway  Running Time: 58 sec File Size: 37 MB Space shuttle Endeavour swooped out of the nighttime darkness and makes its tire-smoking landing at Kennedy Space Center. (Replay includes live landing audio). DOWNLOADLanding Replays: Mid-field  Running Time: 1 min 47 sec File Size: 68 MB From a viewing spot at the middle point of the 15,000-foot long Shuttle Landing Facility runway, this video shows Endeavour touching down. (Replay includes live landing audio). DOWNLOADLanding Replays: Runway south  Running Time: 1 min 11 sec File Size: 45 MB A camera positioned on the southern end of Kennedy Space Center's three-mile Shuttle Landing Facility runway shows Endeavour rolling down Runway 15. (Replay includes live landing audio). DOWNLOADLanding Replays: VAB roof  Running Time: 1 min 49 sec File Size: 68 MB From atop the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building located southeast of the Shuttle Landing Facility, this video was recorded by a public affairs camera. (Replay includes live landing audio). DOWNLOADLanding Replays: East side of runway  Running Time: 1 min 50 sec File Size: 69 MB Shuttle Endeavour's homecoming at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility as seen from the tower camera located on the eastern side on the runway. (Replay includes live landing audio). DOWNLOADEndeavour's launch as seen live  Running Time: 3 min 46 sec File Size: 137 MB Riding a thunderous pillar of fire and light into the predawn sky today, shuttle Endeavour began its two-week space station construction mission that will install the Tranquility hub and observation cupola on the international outpost. DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Front camera  Running Time: 1 min 4 sec File Size: 38 MB Footage of space shuttle Endeavour's climb away into the sky is captured from this camera positioned in front of launch pad 39A. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Playalinda Beach  Running Time: 2 min 15 sec File Size: 82 MB This tracking camera north of launch pad 39A along Playalinda Beach offers a close-up view of the three main engines and solid rocket boosters during Endeavour's climb out. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Beach tracker  Running Time: 2 min 39 sec File Size: 96 MB A tracking camera at positioned on a mound along beach southeast of launch pad 39A provides this angle of space shuttle Endeavour's liftoff. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: VIP Site  Running Time: 36 sec File Size: 21 MB This view of space shuttle Endeavour's liftoff is captured from the Banana Creek viewing site for VIPs. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Pad perimeter  Running Time: 32 sec File Size: 19 MB The launch pad 39A perimeter camera gives this side view of the space shuttle igniting its engines and roaring skyward for STS-130. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: VAB roof  Running Time: 2 min 33 sec File Size: 93 MB From atop the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building located three-and-a-half miles away, this launch video was recorded by a public affairs camera. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Camera 070  Running Time: 24 sec File Size: 13 MB Launch pad engineering camera 070 provides a front view of space shuttle Endeavour during ignition of the main engines and the billowing plume of stream in the last seconds of the countdown. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Camera 071  Running Time: 22 sec File Size: 12 MB Launch pad engineering camera 071 is zoomed in on space shuttle Endeavour's three main engines to give this close-up view during ignition. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: UCS-23 tracker  Running Time: 2 min 36 sec File Size: 95 MB This video of space shuttle Endeavour's launch on STS-130 was captured by the UCS-23 tracking camera positioned southeast of the pad. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Press Site  Running Time: 43 sec File Size: 26 MB This is the view from Kennedy Space Center's Press Site at Complex 39 as space shuttle Endeavour launches on the STS-130 space station mission. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADAstronauts leave crew quarters  Running Time: 2 min 50 sec File Size: 104 MB The crew of commander George Zamka, pilot Terry Virts and mission specialists Kay Hire, Steve Robinson, Nick Patrick and Bob Behnken emerge from their quarters to board the AstroVan. DOWNLOADPost-scrub update  Running Time: 7 min 24 sec File Size: 268 MB Assistant launch director Pete Nickolenko explains the weather constraints the forced NASA to scrub the February 7 launch attempt of shuttle Endeavour. DOWNLOADLow clouds scrub launch attempt  Running Time: 6 min 44 sec File Size: 247 MB Low clouds hanging over the Kennedy Space Center prevented the space shuttle Endeavour from launching February 7 on its mission to the International Space Station. DOWNLOADCrew quarters depart on Feb. 7  Running Time: 4 min 2 sec File Size: 146 MB In preparation for the February 7 launch attempt, the space shuttle Endeavour astronauts depart crew quarters and board the AstroVan for the ride to pad 39A. DOWNLOADSuiting up for Feb. 7 countdown  Running Time: 2 min 22 sec File Size: 87 MB The space shuttle Endeavour astronauts finish getting ready in the suit room of the crew quarters building in preparation for the February 7 launch attempt. DOWNLOADEndeavour's pre-launch campaign  Running Time: 9 min 19 sec File Size: 336 MB This narrated footage shows the highlights from preparations that space shuttle Endeavour underwent at Kennedy Space Center for mission STS-130 to the International Space Station. DOWNLOADPayloads' pre-launch campaign  Running Time: 13 min 32 sec File Size: 489 MB This narrated footage shows the preparations that the STS-130 mission payloads -- Tranquility and the cupola -- underwent at Kennedy Space Center for launch to the International Space Station aboard shuttle Endeavour. DOWNLOADPad gantry rollback unveils Endeavour  Running Time: 9 min 40 sec File Size: 369 MB Under sparkling blue skies, space shuttle Endeavour is uncovered from the cocoon-like service gantry at launch pad 39A the day before liftoff. DOWNLOADAstronauts arrive for launch  Running Time: 6 min 24 sec File Size: 231 MB Ready to begin counting down to their blastoff aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, the six astronauts traveled from their Houston training base to the Kennedy Space Center on February 2. DOWNLOADPayload bay doors closed  Running Time: 2 min 33 sec File Size: 93 MB The two 60-foot-long payload bay doors of space shuttle Endeavour are closed for launch at Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A in preparation for the STS-130 flight to the International Space Station. DOWNLOADAstronauts visit payload bay  Running Time: 2 min 28 sec File Size: 90 MB With the Tranquility module now loaded into the payload bay of space shuttle Endeavour at launch pad 39A, the STS-130 astronauts take a tour and get an up-close inspection of their cargo. DOWNLOADShuttle evacuation practice  Running Time: 2 min 58 sec File Size: 107 MB After clocks halted in the final seconds to simulate a shutdown of the three main engines just prior to liftoff, the crew exits the shuttle and practices scurrying to the slide-wire baskets for a quick evacuation of the pad. DOWNLOADCrew boards Endeavour for simulation  Running Time: 5 min 54 sec File Size: 214 MB After the short ride out to launch pad 39A, the astronauts walk across the access arm to the White Room and begin boarding shuttle Endeavour for the final three hours of the mock countdown. DOWNLOADLaunch day simulation begins  Running Time: 6 min 47 sec File Size: 248 MB The astronauts follow a normal launch morning routine during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, donning their bright orange spacesuits and departing the crew quarters building to get into the Astrovan. DOWNLOADEmergency training at bunker  Running Time: 2 min 54 sec File Size: 106 MB Down at the bunker west of launch pad 39A, the astronauts continue their emergency procedures training on how to exit the slide-wire baskets and operate equipment in the shelter. DOWNLOADEmergency training on tower  Running Time: 5 min 06 sec File Size: 186 MB The astronauts spend time learning how to evacuate pad 39A if an emergency arises, including procedures to operate the slide-wire baskets that would quickly whisk the crew from the launch tower to a bunker west of the pad. DOWNLOADUpdate on cooling hose fix  Running Time: 1 min 20 sec File Size: 49 MB Bob Behnken, the lead spacewalker for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission, says the fix being implemented on the ammonia cooling lines for the Tranquility module is running ahead of schedule. DOWNLOADThoughts on shuttle retirement  Running Time: 40 sec File Size: 25 MB Endeavour astronaut Steve Robinson, a long-time veteran space flier, answers a reporter's question about upcoming end of the space shuttle program during a press chat at launch pad 39A. DOWNLOADTank test driving  Running Time: 5 min 44 sec File Size: 209 MB Endeavour's astronauts take turns test-driving an armored tank available for the crew to escape the pad 39A area if an emergency arises during the launch countdown. DOWNLOADNighttime landing simulations  Running Time: 9 min 22 sec File Size: 337 MB Commander George Zamka and pilot Terry Virts, wearing their launch and entry spacesuits, climb inside a pair of Shuttle Training Aircraft for practice nighttime landing approaches at Kennedy Space Center's runway during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. DOWNLOADCrew begins practice countdown  Running Time: 6 min 19 sec File Size: 225 MB Commander George Zamka and his crew of space station builders reached Kennedy Space Center at sundown January 18 for the week's emergency training exercises and a countdown dress rehearsal. DOWNLOADTranquility reaches pad 39A  Running Time: 6 min 37 sec File Size: 240 MB The Tranquility module that'll be a new room with a view for the International Space Station was trucked to space shuttle Endeavour's launch pad on January 18. DOWNLOADCanister goes upright  Running Time: 4 min 35 sec File Size: 166 MB The transportation canister hauling the Tranquility payload is taken to the rotating building at Kennedy Space Center and turned vertically for delivery to the launch pad. DOWNLOADPacking up the payload  Running Time: 6 min 42 sec File Size: 246 MB Tranquility is loaded into a special transport canister shaped like the shuttle's 60-foot-long payload bay at Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility for transport to the pad. DOWNLOADFrigid journey to launch pad  Running Time: 6 min 12 sec File Size: 226 MB Working through bone-chilling temperatures gripping the Kennedy Space Center, a small team of technicians moved Endeavour from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad on January 6. DOWNLOADTranquility sealed up for launch  Running Time: 4 min 38 sec File Size: 169 MB The entrance hatch on Tranquility was closed December 16 to ready the module for launch aboard shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. DOWNLOADHoisting shuttle Endeavour  Running Time: 6 min 04 sec File Size: 221 MB The shuttle Endeavour is hoisted from the center aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building over to high bay No. 1 and carefully lowered into position next to the awaiting fuel tank for attachment. DOWNLOADOrbiter goes vertical  Running Time: 5 min 08 sec File Size: 187 MB The sling crane lifts Endeavour from the transport hauler that carried the orbiter from its hangar and then rotates the shuttle verticallly in the center aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. DOWNLOADEndeavour moves to assembly building  Running Time: 8 min 42 sec File Size: 318 MB Space shuttle Endeavour rolled from its Orbiter Processing Facility hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building on the afternoon of December 11 to begin preparing for the first mission of 2010. DOWNLOADEndeavour nearly ready to roll  Running Time: 6 min 50 sec File Size: 250 MB With Endeavour's payload bay doors already closed and locked, technicians put the final touches on the shuttle before its departure from the hangar. DOWNLOADExternal tank meets SRBs  Running Time: 12 min 37 sec File Size: 462 MB The external fuel tank for shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission was hoisted out of its checkout cell and moved into position for attachment to the twin solid rocket booster in the Vehicle Assembly Building on November 23. DOWNLOADInstalling the main engines  Running Time: 3 min 5 sec File Size: 114 MB The third of space shuttle Endeavour's three main engines is installed on the orbiter during pre-flight preparation work at Kennedy Space Center. DOWNLOADCrew visits Endeavour in the hangar  Running Time: 5 min 9 sec File Size: 187 MB Members of the STS-130 crew to launch aboard space shuttle Endeavour visited Kennedy Space Center in early November for an up-close inspection of their spacecraft. DOWNLOADCrew checks out mission's payloads  Running Time: 4 min 46 sec File Size: 175 MB As part of the Crew Equipment Interface Test activities in early November, the astronauts got to lay their hands on the Tranquility module at the Space Station Processing Facility. DOWNLOADExternal tank unloaded from barge  Running Time: 3 min 43 sec File Size: 136 MB Shuttle Endeavour's external tank is unloaded from its covered barge and moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building to begin preparations for STS-130. DOWNLOADTank arrives at launch site  Running Time: 4 min 37 sec File Size: 169 MB The external fuel tank for Endeavour travels up the Cape Canaveral waterway and arrives at the Kennedy Space Center on October 24 aboard a transport barge from the Lockheed Martin manufacturing plant near New Orleans. DOWNLOADCupola attached to Tranquility  Running Time: 2 min 37 sec File Size: 94 MB The Cupola is slid into berthing port on the Tranquility module and attached on September 1 for its upcoming ride to the International Space Station. DOWNLOADWindows on the Universe  Running Time: 3 min 42 sec File Size: 134 MB The seven-windowed Cupola will be the International Space Station's observing post for astronauts to see the exterior of the outpost, study the Earth and gaze into the cosmos. DOWNLOADEndeavour's nose pod checked out  Running Time: 2 min 36 sec File Size: 95 MB Space shuttle Endeavour's forward reaction control system nose pod containing maneuvering jets and thrusters is inspected before installation onto the orbiter. DOWNLOADEndeavour towed off runway  Running Time: 1 min 32 sec File Size: 56 MB About four hours after landing at the Kennedy Space Center on July 31, 2009, shuttle Endeavour is towed from the landing strip toward its Orbiter Processing Facility hangar to complete STS-127. DOWNLOADNew module welcomed  Running Time: 2 min 50 sec File Size: 104 MB At Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility, the Tranquility module is unpacked and unloaded from its shipping container. DOWNLOADTranquility arrives at the Cape  Running Time: 6 min 54 sec File Size: 251 MB The Italian-mode Tranquility module, originally known as Node 3, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center aboard a transport aircraft from Europe on May 20. 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