KSC-2009-2770

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– Dawn rises over the Atlantic Ocean behind space shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Surrounding the pad are the lightning towers erected for NASA's Constellation Program, which will use the pad for Ares rocket launches. Endeavour has joined space shuttle Atlantis, which is on pad 39A. 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