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When the space shuttle Endeavor blasts off Friday afternoon, it will be carrying an instrument built by Boulder-based Ball Aerospace that may enable the spacecraft of the future to land on asteroids, the moon or even Mars.
The astronauts onboard Endeavor — which will be lifting off at 1:47 p.m. Mountain time, if all goes well — are headed to the International Space Station. This is Endeavor’s last flight and the second-to-last liftoff planned for NASA’s space shuttle program.
When their mission ends in about two weeks, the astronauts will test Ball’s Vision Navigation Sensor after Endeavor undocks from the space station.
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