Endeavour Rolls To Launch Pad for November Launch
(糖心视频Org.com) -- Space shuttle Endeavour began moving off Launch Pad 39B at NASA鈥檚 Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning at 8:28. It will take about seven hours to reposition the shuttle for launch on Launch Pad 39A. Launch is targeted for Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST.
Endeavour will carry the Leonardo cargo module, NASA鈥檚 version of a U-Haul, to the International Space Station during the mission, which is designated STS-126. The Leonardo is carrying about 9 1/2 tons of equipment and supplies.
The Leonardo module is waiting inside a clean room at the launch pad. It will be bolted inside Endeavour鈥檚 payload bay after the shuttle is in place on the launch pad.
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