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Endeavour set to blast off in February

Endeavour is scheduled to blast off on February 7. NASA is ending its shuttle program this year.
Endeavour is scheduled to blast off on February 7. NASA is ending its shuttle program this year.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • This will be first of five launches this year before the shuttle fleet is retired
  • NASA is scheduled to launch Space Shuttle Endeavour on February 7
  • Shuttle will deliver final U.S. portion of the international space station
  • NASA has been looking for places to house the shuttles once they are retired
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(CNN) -- NASA will launch Space Shuttle Endeavour on February 7, which will be the first of five launches this year before the shuttle fleet is retired.

Endeavour will blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a 13-day mission to the international space station.

The mission will include three spacewalks, NASA said. The shuttle will also deliver the final U.S. portion of the space station. This portion will provide more room for crew members.

NASA plans to retire its space shuttles Discovery, Endeavour and Atlantis later this year.

The space agency has been looking for places, such as museums, to house the shuttles after they are retired.

Space Shuttle Discovery will be transferred to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

The privilege of showing off a shuttle won't be cheap -- about $29 million, NASA said.