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STS-126: Launch Day

Endeavour is fueling up for tonight's launch to the ISS. NASA reports:

STS-126 Mission Moves Forward

RSS is rolled away from Atlantis
Image above: At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the rotating service structure protecting space shuttle Atlantis on Pad A was rolled away in preparation for launch. Photo credit: NASA/KSC
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Additional Resources
› STS-126 Press Kit (4.5 Mb PDF)
› STS-126 Mission Summary (475 kb PDF)
› About the Crew
› Shuttle Launch Manifest
› Weather around KSC
› Weather Criteria for Launch (2.27Mb pdf)

Preflight pics are up at the JSC Gallery. More preflight pics and video at KSC. Chat here. Discussion here. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV.

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