Launch Week Begins at Kennedy for STS-134

Teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center have begun preparations for space shuttle Endeavour's launch countdown which will begin tomorrow at 2 p.m. EDT. Workers at Launch Pad 39A will close the spacecraft's payload bay doors tomorrow for Endeavour's scheduled lift off on its final mission, Friday at 3:47 p.m.

The six STS-134 crew members are set to arrive at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility at approximately 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The arrival will be shown live on NASA TV (www.nasa.gov/ntv).