Watch the shuttle launch webcast

A new robot arm will be installed on Alpha

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida -- Watch and chat along as CNN's Miles O'Brien hosts a live webcast of the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center.

Beginning at 2 p.m. EDT O'Brien and his guest, astronaut Janice Voss, will take questions from users and provide live coverage of final launch preparations. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:41 p.m. EDT.

The shuttle is set to deliver a massive mechanical arm to the international space station in what is being called the most complicated robotics mission ever attempted in space.

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