Space shuttle Endeavor completes its final mission

Today, May 30, the US shuttle Endeavor and the six-man crew successfully separated from the International Space Station (ISS) to return to Earth, ending the last mission lasting 16 days.

Endeavor ships flying around the ISS station. (Photo: NASA).

Around 10:55 am yesterday (Vietnam time), Endeavor separates ISS while at a height of 322 km in Bolivia sky.

Immediately after leaving the jetty, Endeavor has a photographic flight around ISS. In addition, the crew is also responsible for testing new navigation systems for future spacecraft generations.

In its final mission, Endeavor transferred a spectrophotometer system from AMS ( Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ) to detect $ 2 billion cosmic ray, expected to operate on the ISS station in the next 10 years.

The AMS currently gains 25 - 40 million valuable particles of space for analysis. The main task of AMS is to block the collection of black matter as well as antimatter. Thereby, scientists hope to discover the origin of the universe.

In addition, Endeavor also transports a large number of spare parts and equipment, as well as an extended berth for repair work in the near future. This new jetty was completed after four space walks by astronauts.

Endeavor astronauts also installed a number of essential life support systems to help the ISS station be ready to operate, in case all shuttles stop working.

Since the first flight in May 1992, so far, the shuttle Endeavor has completed 25 missions with 4,429 rounds of Earth. Endeavor has docked the ISS station 10 times and MIR once.

Endeavor is expected to return to Earth on 1 June at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and "retire" in the California State Museum . After the final mission of Endeavor, the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) will also make the final flight for Atlantis in early July.