Endeavour
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Endeavour or endeavor may refer to:
[edit] Places
- Endeavour River, named after HM Bark Endeavour, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia
- Endeavor, Wisconsin, USA
[edit] Ships and yachts
- HMS Endeavour, the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy
- HM Bark Endeavour, the most famous of the nine, was commanded by James Cook on his expedition of 1768-1771 to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia.
- HMNZS Endeavour (A-11), a fleet tanker in the Royal New Zealand Navy
- Endeavour (Americas Cup), a former British yacht that raced in the America's Cup
[edit] Space vehicles
- Endeavour, the callsign of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module, named after HM Bark Endeavour
- Space Shuttle Endeavour, the most recent of the space shuttles (OV 105), named after HM Bark Endeavour and the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module
[edit] Trains
- Endeavour (train), a named passenger train that operated in New Zealand from 1972 until 1989.
- Endeavour railcar (CityRail) is a type of Diesel multiple unit operating on the interurban part of the CityRail network centred on Sydney, Australia
[edit] Other uses
- USS Endeavour (NCC-71805), a Nebula class starship in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Endeavour Award, a science fiction book award
- Endeavour (organisation), a non-profit organisation in Queensland, Australia, that works with people with intellectual disabilities
- Endeavor Agency, a talent agency in Beverly Hills, California
- Endeavor (band), a rock band from the Seattle area, formerly signed with Trustkill Records
- Endeavor (program), a program used for database management
- Endeavour (journal), a quarterly published by Elsevier about "the history and philosophy of science in the service of mankind"
