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Space shuttle Endeavour took an unusual route to NASA Kennedy Space

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Center's Launch Pad 39A in preparation for its STS-127 mission to the

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International Space Station.

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Endeavour was prepared as a rescue vehicle and sat poised on pad B while

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space shuttle Atlantis and the STS-125 crew serviced and upgraded NASA's

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Hubble Space Telescope.

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This is only the fourth time in NASA history, a shuttle "rolled around" from one

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pad to the other.

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Balanced securely on the massive crawler-transporter, Endeavour began its one-

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mile-an-hour journey down pad B's ramp May 31 at 3:16 a.m. Eastern Time.

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Not having a direct route to pad A, the shuttle made its way back to the location

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where the road, or crawlerway, to the two launch pads meet.

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At the fork in the road, Endeavour continued on the 3.4-mile journey to its ocean-

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side pad where it was secured in place at 11:42 a.m.

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NASA's STS-127 mission to the space station is the final in a series of three

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flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex.