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I hope that NASA captures an aerial image of both shuttles on the pad. It may have been done before but I can't recall ever seeing such a photo.

ETA: Oops...ask Google and ye shall receive.

http://tomsastroblog.com/images/twoshuttlesA_blog.jpg

I'm pretty sure it's been done. I'll try to find it.

Edit: Oops I see you found it, too. Here's a bigger image at NASA:

NASA: Two at the Pad

That was the prior attempt from last Autumn.

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Some links for the topic:

NASA Space Shuttle Mission Pages
NASA STS-125 Mission Status Updates
NASA STS-125 Mission Information
NASA STS-125 Mission Overview
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 Overview
NASA News Twitter
Wikipedia: STS-125
NASA Launch Schedule
NASA Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Countdown Status
NASA Shuttle Launch and Landing
NASA Shuttle Launch Blog (active about 6 hours before liftoff)
NASA Shuttle Landing Blog (active about 2 hours before touchdown)
CBS News Space Place
Spaceflight Now STS-125 Mission Coverage
Spaceflight Now STS-125 Mission Status Center
BANews Twitter
BAUT Forum topic STS-119 Space Shuttle Mission (previous mission)
NASA TV (or NASA TV Yahoo! source or high-resolution)

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Thankee...!

Almost looks like a real spaceport...

I thought the exact same thing when I saw the picture.

ETA: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and....oops, wrong spaceport.

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A friend of mine took this photo of the Endeavour rolling out to the pad:

And from Universe Today:



Space shuttle Atlantis (left) and Endeavour stand on Launch Pads 39A and 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is likely the last time this will happen. Image Credit: NASA

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what ever happened to 20-30 shuttle flights per year? Man, did they ever get that wrong.

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The short answer is that they skimped on the initial design and development budget, which in turn made it a more expensive vehicle to operate.

The long answer is .... everything.

You can make out one of the renovations going on over at Pad B...the removed lightning mast with the new lightning towers replacing it.

Is that what these towers are?

Is that also the reason why Endeavour can't use Pad 39B to launch as STS-126 (however, apparently it can use the pad for a rescue mission?)

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I think they want 39B for Ares testing. There was a plan, if Ares was ready, to use 39A both for STS-125 and the STS-400 rescue. But Ares wasn't quite ready to squat on 39B yet, so they used 39B for STS-400. But then they need to get the shuttle out of the way and use 39A for STS-127.

(From January: Spaceflight Now: One launch pad or two? No decision for Hubble mission)

Wikipedia: List of Constellation missions has:

Edit: The shuttle mission after the Hubble-repair STS-125 is STS-127, with a target launch mid-June. (STS-126 is history, end of year 2008.)

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They didn't know they'd have to replace all the tiles. Don't knock them for it.

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It was possible; but after Challenger it was obvious the shuttle represented a single-point-of=failure for too many space systems - commericial, defense and intel. The reduction in flights was as much as anything a result of the loss of payloads due to policy changes and the development of other systems.

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Launch target
2009 May 12, 1031 PDT, Tuesday
2009 May 12, 1331 EDT, Tuesday
2009 May 12, 1731 UTC, Tuesday

21 days to launch

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this is worth it.

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Spaceflight Now: Panoramas of special shuttle sight. Not aerial but nice.

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Or...

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Complicated. Also describes scenarios for slips to make STS-127 (ISS mission) a July launch.

Too many launches. Not enough launch ranges.

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Phfft.. as if it's rocket science!

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It's a gorgeous image. I know it's older than me, but this is one of those times you sit back and realize that the shuttle is actually... really cool!

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Set your clocks ahead one day.

CBS News Space Place: And earlier:

Launch target
2009 May 11, 1101 PDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1401 EDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1801 UTC, Monday

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I just changed my flight and hotel today. I can't wait to see the launch!!

Hi all- New on here, so I don't know how to do that quote thing, but I'd like to make the observation that swift called the ae35 unit (or was worried about it, at least sub-consciously) back when the launch slipped in early october. Dude, you got the shine or somethin?

How are the accomodations around the cape now Amber Robot? Pricey at launch times, or same as others, availability, etc?

They are quite a few hotel options in Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach. I know that a lot of people are going down there for the launch, especially from GSFC and other institutions involved in HST. The sooner you book the better, but I'm sure there will be options of varying costs.

Welcome.

You must mean:

I believe we were revisiting our memories of the 2001 (IMDb) script.

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Yeah, I got the ref. Whats more the coincidence is that the AE was also a unit that when in failure mode, left a remote piece of equipment unable to recieve tracking commands. Hmmmmm. Oh, I found the quote option. Now I wonder if all that hypertext gobbledygook is going to show up in this post.

Jeesh! Is this always like watching grass grow?

Is what like watching grass grow?
- The dialog in this thread as we await a May 11 launch?
- The buildup of anticipation to another (and some what riskier) shuttle flight?