Houston, We Have a Shuttle Typo

by Todd Halvorson, FLORIDA TODAY

Date: 13 July 2007 Time: 10:43 PM ET

After being moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building, space shuttle Endeavour rests on Launch Pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Supporters errantly misspelled the orbiter's name, leaving out the letter 'u' in a banner. The launch is scheduled for Aug. 7. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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How about this for a quick fix?

NASA scrambled someone out to pad 39A with a new sign that has the orbiter Endeavour's name spelled correctly, and then posted a photo at the Kennedy Space Center's web site.

When the shuttle was rolled out to its seaside launch complex Wednesday, one item was missing: the "u" in Endeavour.

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. This is why the name is spelled in the British English manner, according to Answers.com.

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