Watch the launch live
Watch today's launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134 mission, with a crew of six including ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, to the International Space Station. Streaming of the launch event being held at ESA's ESRIN facility in Frascati (I) begins at 13:00 CEST. Liftoff is scheduled for 14:56 CEST.
Docking with the ISS is due two days later. During this 16-day mission, STS-134 will deliver an instrument designed to track elusive antimatter and ‘dark matter’ in the Universe - the AMS-02 alpha magnetic spectrometer.