Space Shuttle Endeavour and its 6-man crew successfully reached orbit on 16 May 2011 to start a 16-day mission bringing the AMS Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station.

Shuttle Endeavour lift-off 16 May 2011

Shuttle Endeavour lift-off 16 May 2011

Image courtesy NASA TV (via @NASAKennedy Twitter as retweeted by DLR – thanks HK!)