Endeavour rolled to pad A yesterday. It's only been two weeks since Atlantis launched on the Hubble repair mission. That is not much time to get the pad ready for another vehicle, but everything got done. This week will be extremely busy. All of the normal launch pad system validations need to be completed this week because launch countdown preparations start this weekend and into next week. Launch is still set for June 13, so that means the countdown will start sometime next Wednesday. Now that there isn't a shuttle on pad B there are a few more people to help share the load. There just aren't enough people to fully man both pads so we end up splitting our time between the two. That can get really confusing at times. I think we managed pretty well though.
The main point of this post is to share some pictured that I took as Endeavour rolled past our building on her way to the pad.
Water is sprayed on the crawler way to keep down the dust from the crushed rocks. This is so the crawler crew that walks the entire way beside it doesn't breath the dust.
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