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Space shuttle Endeavour lifted off into the blue skies above Florida on Wednesday, its seven-member crew headed for the international space station to perform assembly work, repairs and deliver supplies.

The shuttle lifted off as scheduled at 6:36 p.m. ET. NASA saw four or five pieces of debris fall off during the launch, but they didn't have enough speed to cause any concern, said Bill Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator of Space Operations.

"The debris looks small, it didn't seem like anything hit anything, and if it did, it did not have enough velocity to do any damage. We will continue to review the data and continue to look at the pictures," Gerstenmaier said. Watch the liftoff Read full article »

CNN's Marsha Walton and Peter Dykstra contributed to this report.

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