In Exercise Machine: Surrounded by security forces, US government contractor Alan Gross, left, arrives to a courthouse to attend a trial in Havana, Cuba, March 5, 2011

The shuttle Endeavour has launched late Friday on a 15-day mission to visit the International Space Station for repairs and upgrades. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from Miami. Endeavour blasted into space, carrying more than 6,500 kilograms of equipment and supplies for the International Space Station. The crew of five men and two women took off in a rare evening launch from the Kennedy Space Center ...Exercise Machine