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Space Shuttle “Endeavour” Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV-105 was scheduled for its first mission on May 4, 1992 but was delayed until May 7, 1992. The crew deployed 4 satellites and saved an unusable previously launched satellite. To accomplish the repositioning a first time ever 3 crew member EVA attached a live rocket motor to reposition the satellite in the correct geosynchronous. Endeavour’s last mission took place from May 16, 2011 to June 1, 2011. Endeavour’s life span saw 25 missions, 173 crew, 4,671 orbits and 122,883,151 miles traveled.