Rescue shuttle at launch pad for Hubble trip (Update)

September 19th, 2008 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Space shuttle moved to launch pad as rescue ship (AP)

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Space shuttle Endeavour stands ready after arriving at pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Just a short distance away on pad 39A, technicians continue to prepare space shuttle Atlantis for its targeted Oct. 10 launch on mission STS-125 to service the Hubble Space Telescope.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

(AP) -- In an unprecedented step, a space shuttle was moved to the launch pad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make - a rescue mission.



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