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Two Research Ships Named Endeavour Are Returning Home to Port

By Keith Cowing on July 30, 2009 12:33 AM

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Space Shuttle Crew Set To Return To Earth Friday

"Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew are scheduled to return to Earth on Friday after a 16-day mission. There are two landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:48 a.m. and 12:23 p.m. EDT."

Endeavor returns from research mission, WPRI

"The main goal of the 13-member crew was to measure ocean currents. Endeavor, which spends an average of 240 days at sea each year, is owned by the U.S. National Science Foundation and is operated by URI's Graduate School of Oceanography. The ship was originally built in 1975 and went through a mid-life refit in 1993."

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anonymous | July 30, 2009 1:03 AM | Reply

Only one is named Endeavour, the other is Endeavor

Dave H. | July 30, 2009 8:12 AM | Reply

Keith,

It is perhaps a quirk of fate that the name "Endeavour" has been used for ships of science and exploration over the past three centuries.
If memory serves, the first was sent to the South Pacific to observe Venus' transit of the Sun.

When the name was used on a vessel of war in the third installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, people wrote Disney to protest.

It is my hope that when Venus transits the Sun in two hundred years, the FTL-capable research vessel Endeavour will be on hand to commemorate the event.

Andy | July 30, 2009 8:13 AM | Reply

Umm, actually, it looks like one ship named Endeavor, and one ship named Endeavour. Just a quibble.

Editor's note: Yes, a very small quibble

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