The new Endeavour shuttle stamp for Express Mail was launchedFriday carrying hefty payload of a $10.75 price tag.
The stamp was patterned after a NASA photograph of the Endeavourlift-off on June 21, 1993.
The flight was a shot toward further commercialization of space,laying the groundwork for marketing room on board the ship to privatecompanies for research.
Tests on the ship included drug manufacture, plant growth, cellsplitting, soldering and high-temperature metallurgy.
The flight also rendezvoused with the European Space Agency'sEuropean Carrier satellite, which was plucked from orbit with theshuttle's robot arm, stored in the cargo bay and …
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