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Space Shuttle Rolls out to Launch Pad Tonight-9/1/08

Posted Monday, September 1, 2008, at 5:04 PM
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The components of STS-125 being assembled at Kennedy Space Center for its trip to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Due to some additional work on the Atlantis shuttle, it will roll out tonight at 11:01 Piggott time, from the Vehicle Assembly Building (the largest building on earth) to the launch pad, taking about 6 hours to reach the pad. Atlantis will be commanded by Scott Altman. Gregory C. Johnson will be pilot. Mission Specialists will be John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino, Megan McArthur, Andrew Feustel and Michael Good. The shuttle will launch Oct. 8 for an 11-day mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, over 400 miles above the earth.

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Atlantis is now at the launch pad. We hope the next hurricane, Ike, stays south.

-- Posted by Kenneth Renshaw on Fri, Sep 5, 2008, at 10:31 AM

Atlantis is tentatively scheduled to go to the launch pad at 9 AM (Central time) tomorrow 9/4.

-- Posted by Kenneth Renshaw on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, at 6:01 PM

Rollout of the Atlantis is postponed to no earlier than September 4, due to the possible strike of Hurricane Hanna.

-- Posted by Kenneth Renshaw on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, at 11:53 AM

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