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Encyclopedia > Endeavour
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Endeavour or endeavor may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...


Places

Endeavour River locator map The Endeavour River 15°28′S 145°17′E on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia, was named in 1770 by Lt. ... Endeavor is a village located in Marquette County, Wisconsin. ...

Ships and yachts

  • HMS Endeavour, the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy
    • HM Bark Endeavour, the most famous of the nine
  • HMNZS Endeavour (A-11), a fleet tanker in the Royal New Zealand Navy
  • Endeavour (yacht), a former British racing yacht in the Americas Cup
  • Endeavour (Pirates of the Caribbean) - East India Company's ship in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Endeavour. ... HMB Endeavour was a small 18th century British sailing ship, famous for being the vessel commanded by Lt. ... Named after Captain Cooks HM Bark Endeavour, HMNZS Endeavour is the third ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy to carry the name. ... East India Company was the name of several historic European companies chartered with the monopoly of trading with Asia for their respective countries. ...

Space vehicles

Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. ... Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105), is the fifth and final operational NASA space shuttle to be built. ...

Trains

The north-bound Endeavour service passes Otaki in 1973, hauled by a DA class locomotive The Endeavour was a former long-distance passenger train service between Wellington and Napier (and for part of its history, Gisborne) in the North Island of New Zealand. ... The Endeavour is an air-condidioned DMU operating within the CityRail network designed to replace the ageing 620/720 railcars although the 620/720 railcars are still used today. ...

Other uses

  • USS Endeavour, a starship in the fictional Star Trek universe
  • Endeavour Award, a science fiction book award
  • Endeavour (organisation), a non-profit organisation in Queensland, Australia
  • Endeavor Agency, a talent agency in Beverly Hills, California
  • Endeavor (band), a rock band from the Seattle area
  • Endeavour (journal), a quarterly published by Elsevier
  • Endeavor (nonprofit), a global non-profit business support organization
  • Endeavors, a research magazine from the University of North Carolina

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Space Shuttle Endeavour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (334 words)
Endeavour was delivered in May 1991 and first launched in May 1992.
Endeavour was withdrawn from service for eight months in 1997 for a retrofit, including installation of a new airlock.
The orbiter is named after the HM Bark Endeavour, the ship commanded by 18th century explorer James Cook; the name also honored Endeavour, the Command Module of Apollo 15.
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