In the OPF Endeavour undergoes preparation
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The leading edge of the wing on Endeavour with a reinforced carbon panel and one insulator assembly removed. The panel is being replaced.
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Technicians install Boeing Replacement Insulation 18 tile on space shuttle Endeavour
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Inside the VAB Endeavour is carefully moved toward its waiting external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters
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Under a waning full moon, Endeavour makes its way to the launch pad atop the mobile launcher platform and massive crawler-transporter
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After rollout from the VAB, Endeavour is secure on the launch pad 39B
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Workers on the pad connect lines on the mobile launcher platform to/from Endeavour
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With the Atlantic Ocean in the background, Endeavor sits on Launch Pad B
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Two rainbows frame the Launch Complex 39 area in the early morning, space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on pad A and Endeavour on pad B
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