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NASA Shuttle at Launch Pad for Final Scheduled Night Launch; Crew Set to Arrive for Practice Liftoff

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After reaching its launch pad at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-130 mission.
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Columbia Rolls Out to Launch Pad 39A Over 40 Years Ago

Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...
SpaceNews

NASA’s Shuttle Discovery Moves to Launch Pad, Practice Liftoff Set

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Discovery’s move to the launch pad on Aug. 3 and the mission crew’s dress rehearsal activities Aug. 5 to Aug. 7 at NASA’s Kennedy ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA repair plan will keep shuttle launch pad until 2010

NASA settled Thursday on a $2.7 million repair plan to keep a 40-year-old shuttle launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida intact until the winged space ships are retired in 2010. A long ...
Reuters

Hubble-bound shuttle arrives at Florida launch pad

* Shuttle moved to Florida launch pad for May 12 liftoff * Atlantis set for Hubble telescope's last service mission * A rescue shuttle will be on standby By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 31 ...