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I'm Greg Gaddis, NASA test director, and this is the Space Shuttle Minute, your NASA space shuttle update.

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Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are operating in high gear processing two space shuttles,

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Atlantis is undergoing preparations at the Orbiter Processing Facility or OPF for its

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STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Technicians have installed Atlantis' main engines, using a pitch-and-yaw system to maneuver them into place.

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During their 12-day venture into space, Atlantis crew members are scheduled for

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five spacewalks to make repairs and upgrades to the Hubble Telescope.

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The improvements will leave Hubble better than ever and ready for another five years, or more, of research.

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Meanwhile, in high bay 2 of the OPF, an auxiliary power unit was replaced on Endeavour.

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After Atlantis launches, Endeavour will be moved to pad A, poised to fly the STS-126 mission

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delivering a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the International Space Station.

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Endeavour will stand ready on Launch Pad 39B to be used for a rescue mission

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in the unlikely event Atlantis has emergency in space.

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This is the 17th time in NASA history that two vehicles are being readied for launch at the same time.

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The most recent occasion was in 2001 when Atlantis and Discovery were side-by-side

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on pads A and B in preparation for the STS-104 and STS-105 missions.

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I'm Greg Gaddis and that's your Space Shuttle Minute.

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