NASA is on schedule to launch the space shuttle Endeavour on its final mission on Monday morning at 8:56 ET start (5:56 PT). Major cargo of the shuttle Endeavour, the $ 2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer will be sent on the space station.

The six astronauts with the shuttle commander Mark Kelly, mission STS-134 are being launched 39A to enter the Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be at Kennedy Space Center to watch her ​​husband.

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The first launch attempt on April 29 was scrubbed due to a technical problem. So far, the weather looks good and all signs point to a good chance to start at 8:56 pm on Monday.

According to Orlando Sentinel blog, STS-134 on Monday of space shuttle Endeavour moved to launch is planned to attract 500,000 visitors to the Space Coast.

NASA Television will broadcast live from the STS-134 Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch, a part of life experience.

Hours before the space shuttle Endeavour is set to take off for its last flight, NASA tweeted an impressive picture of the space shuttle on the launch pad in the middle of a storm.

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Lightning can be seen around the Endeavour waiting on the launch pad.

Photo from NASA wrote: "The space shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad 39A sitting like a storm passed prior to the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure, Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida Endeavour launches on mission STS-134 Friday, April 29th at 3:47 EDT. During the 14-day mission, Endeavour and the STS-134 crew will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and spare parts including two communications antennae S-band, high-pressure gas cylinder. "