Endeavour’s crew will expand station
Remodeling to begin Sunday

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 15, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted into the night sky Friday, bound for the international space station and the most extreme home makeover project ever attempted by astronauts.



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The shuttle rose off its launch pad at 6:55 p.m. CST, right on time, in a brilliant flash of light visible for miles around.

"We’re about to get an extreme home makeover. It’s an exciting day,” space station commander Mike Fincke radioed to Mission Control. "It doesn’t get better than this.”

Endeavour’s astronauts will be kitchen and bathroom installers once they arrive Sunday, hooking up extra cooking and sleeping equipment so the space station’s crew can expand next year. They will deliver a new refrigerator as well, giving station residents much-desired cold drinks.

"It’s our turn to take home improvement to a new level,” space shuttle commander Christopher Ferguson said.


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