KSC-2009-2763

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– Space shuttle Endeavour (left) and space shuttle Atlantis are seen on Launch Pads 39B and 39A, respectively, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This is probably the final time two shuttles will be on launch pads at the same time with the space shuttle fleet set for retirement in 2010.Endeavour will be prepared on the pad for liftoff in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary following space shuttle Atlantis' launch on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. After Atlantis is cleared to land, Endeavour will move to Launch Pad 39A for its upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch June 13. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis

Date: 2009-04-18
Collection: KSC
Archive: NASA Image and Video Library
Type: photograph