Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at sunset. (GOOD NEWS) Hi! Thanks so much for viewing my “Space Shuttle and Military Composite Pictures” album. Since so many people like the pictures in this album (it has got more than two million views), I have chosen 81 pictures and published them in a picture book. Please go to www.blurb.com and search for "Luming Marr" to preview this book. Thanks! Endeavour was built as a replacement for Space Shuttle Challenger, which started its service in 1982, on January 28, 1986, Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed. Endeavour was delivered by Rockwell International in May 1991 and first launched a year later, in May 1992, on STS-49. Endeavour was named through a national competition involving students in elementary and secondary schools. The orbiter is named after HM Bark Endeavour, the ship commanded by 18th century explorer James Cook; the name also honored Endeavour, the Command Module of Apollo 15. Space Shuttle Endeavour will be decommissioned in 2010, after 18 years of service, along with Discovery (Atlantis is scheduled for retirement in 2008). NASA expects to have the Orion spacecraft, a reusable launch vehicle, ready no later than 2014. If the STS-133 contingency mission is required, Endeavour will be the last shuttle to fly. Credits: Picture of Space Shuttle Endeavour landing at KSC is from NASA. Picture of sunset with helicopters is from U.S. Coast Guard. This Photoshop composite picture was created by Luming Marr on September 18, 2005. Please note the event depicted in this picture and caption did NOT really happen in the way as shown. Good Photoshop graphic design concept and calendar publishing idea example. Good photography course textbook supplemental reference and practice picture material.