NASA on Wednesday gave the green light for the next mission to the International Space Station by the shuttle Endeavour to blast off on 13 June.
The launch is due to take place at 7.17 am at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the US space agency said in a statement after a meeting of top officials to assess preparations.
NASA will have a three-day window to launch until 15 June, as another launch of a moon probe has been scheduled to take place on 17 June at the nearby military base.
If Endeavour's June launch has to be postponed then the next available date will be from 12 July.
The mission of the Endeavour's seven-strong crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is due to last 16 days. They will install the last element of the Japanese Kibo laboratory, a platform to conduct zero-gravity experiments.
Endeavour will also take US astronaut Tim Kopra to the ISS to replace Japan's Koichi Wakata who will return to Earth on board the shuttle.
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