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NASA held a competition in schools around the country to select the name of the new space shuttle. The name â??Endeavorâ?? came from was a ship belonging to the British Royal Navy. In 1769, Captain James Cook steered the Endeavor to Tahiti to witness the transit of Venus, an event that allows people to see Venus passing across the Sun.

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