CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll
out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday,
Sept. 18, in preparation for shuttle Atlantis' mission to repair the
Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour will stand by in the unlikely event
a rescue mission is necessary following Atlantis' launch, which is
targeted for Oct. 10.

After Endeavour is cleared from its duty as a rescue vehicle, it will
move to Launch Pad 39A for the upcoming STS-126 mission to the
International Space Station. That flight is targeted for launch Nov.
12.

On Thursday, Endeavour rolled over from Kennedy's Orbiter Processing
Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building. There, Endeavour will be
attached to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters to
prepare for its move to the pad.

The first motion of the shuttle toward the launch pad Sept. 18 is
scheduled for 12:01 a.m. EDT. The fully assembled space shuttle,
consisting of the orbiter, external tank and twin solid rocket
boosters, will be delivered to the pad atop a crawler-transporter.
The crawler will travel slower than 1 mph during the 4.2-mile
journey. The process is expected to take approximately seven hours.

NASA Television will provide live coverage of Endeavour's rollout to
the launch pad beginning at 6:30 a.m. Sept. 18. Video highlights of
the rollout will air on the NASA TV Video File.