Aug. 25, 2008

John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov

Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-159

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD SATURDAY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out
to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug.
30. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Oct. 8 to repair the Hubble
Space Telescope.

The first motion of the shuttle out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly
Building is scheduled for 12:01 a.m. EDT. The fully assembled space
shuttle, consisting of the orbiter, external tank and twin solid
rocket boosters, was mounted on a mobile launcher platform and will
be delivered to the pad atop a crawler-transporter. The crawler will
travel slower than 1 mph during the 3.4-mile journey. The process is
expected to take approximately six hours.

Repairs to Launch Pad 39A's flame trench wall were completed Aug. 5
after crews installed a steel grid structure and covered it in a
heat-resistant material. The pad's north flame trench was damaged
when bricks tore away from the wall during the May 31 launch of space
shuttle Discovery.

NASA Television will provide live coverage of Atlantis' move to the
launch pad beginning at 6:30 a.m. Video highlights of the rollout
will air on NASA TV Video File.