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[i]On Oct. 23, 2008, space shuttle Endeavour took center stage as it moved from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B to Launch Pad 39A on the crawler-transporter — a journey that took about eight hours and covered a distance of 3.4 miles. For more than a month, Endeavour stood stately on Pad B while Atlantis occupied Pad A for its STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour was prepared as Atlantis' rescue mission and for its STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. After a technical problem on Hubble delayed the servicing mission, Atlantis and its payload returned to Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building, making way for Endeavour's move to the center's primary launch site. "It's a very rare set of circumstances," said Ken Tenbusch, flow director for Endeavour. "By rolling around (to Pad A), that allows the Ares and Constellation folks to do the modifications they need to do for their launch." Endeavour originally was scheduled to move to its next seaside launch pad Oct. 25, but a stormy weekend forecast prompted NASA mission managers to rollaround a few days early.[/i]
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