![]() ![]() ![]() The distance between pads is 2,657 meters (8,715 ft). Endeavour will go on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. This is the first time since July 2001 that two shuttles have been on both launch pads at the same time. Endeavour, the agencys youngest shuttle, is the next to move. After Atlantis lands, Endeavour will roll around to pad A for its STS-126 mission to the International Space Station in November. The journey took less than 8 hours, and the shuttle was securely fastened to the pad just before sunrise. Two rainbows frame the Launch Complex 39 area in the early morning, space shuttle Atlantis ( foreground) sits on pad A and Endeavour on pad BĮndeavour Graphic Images - None AvailableĮndeavour began a 4.2 mile trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at 11:15 p.m. With the Atlantic Ocean in the background, Endeavor sits on Launch Pad B Workers on the pad connect lines on the mobile launcher platform to/from Endeavour Under a waning full moon, Endeavour makes its way to the launch pad atop the mobile launcher platform and massive crawler-transporterĪfter rollout from the VAB, Endeavour is secure on the launch pad 39B Inside the VAB Endeavour is carefully moved toward its waiting external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters Technicians install Boeing Replacement Insulation 18 tile on space shuttle Endeavour The leading edge of the wing on Endeavour with a reinforced carbon panel and one insulator assembly removed. In the OPF Endeavour undergoes preparation Home > Multimedia > Shuttle Preparation > Endeavour ![]()
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