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Space Shuttle "Endeavour" began service after the Space Shuttle Challenger 
 shortly after lifting off in 1986; all seven astronauts aboard died as a result of the disaster. "Endeavour" launched on its maiden flight, STS-49, in May 1992. During her career, "Endeavour" has orbited the planet 4,671 times, spent 299 days in space, and transported a total of 170 astronauts. The vehicle has traveled a total distance longer than 197.6 million kilometres (122.8 million miles). While in space, NASA's Michael Fincke set a space endurance record, spending the longest total time of any American in space at 382 days. STS-134 was Fincke's third spaceflight and first on the Space Shuttle. The spaceflight was the 25th and final flight of "Endeavour", as well as the 134th and second-to-last of the entire Space Shuttle Program.
Space Shuttle Endeavour enters history books after nineteen years following penultimate landing of program