Endeavour Rollover to VAB - STS-127

Space Shuttle Endeavour was moved April 10, from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, Florida, for its upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station.

Endeavour also will stand by at Kennedy's Launch Pad 39B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming STS-125 mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis is scheduled to lift off with its crew on May 12th.

The move from Endeavours hangar is referred to as a "rollover." Following rollover, technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building attach the lifting sling to Endeavour for rotation and hoisting. The shuttle then is mated to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters.

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