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Mission STS-125
Orbiter: Atlantis
Mission: STS-125
Primary Payload: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4
Target Launch Date: Oct. 8, 2008
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 11 days
Inclination/Altitude: 28.5 degrees/320 nautical miles
Image above: Technicians work the engine installer to maneuver main engine 1 into place on space shuttle Endeavour.
Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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Installation of Endeavour's Engines
Inside Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, work is under way this week to install space shuttle Endeavour's three main engines. Endeavour is the backup for space shuttle Atlantis, which is being prepared for its STS-125 mission that will service the Hubble Space Telescope. If necessary, a rescue mission using Endeavour would be designated STS-400.
Endeavour is the scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission to deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10.
Orbiter: Atlantis
Mission: STS-125
Primary Payload: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4
Target Launch Date: Oct. 8, 2008
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 11 days
Inclination/Altitude: 28.5 degrees/320 nautical miles
Image above: Technicians work the engine installer to maneuver main engine 1 into place on space shuttle Endeavour.Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
› View High-Res Image
Installation of Endeavour's Engines
Inside Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, work is under way this week to install space shuttle Endeavour's three main engines. Endeavour is the backup for space shuttle Atlantis, which is being prepared for its STS-125 mission that will service the Hubble Space Telescope. If necessary, a rescue mission using Endeavour would be designated STS-400.
Endeavour is the scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission to deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10.
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