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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spotlighted in the dark of early morning, the payload canister with space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission payload inside arrives on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Inside the canister are the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo and the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier. At right is the rotating service structure with the Payload Changeout Room, or PCR, above. The payload canister will release its cargo into the PCR. Later, the payload will be installed in Endeavour's payload bay. Endeavour is targeted for launch on Nov. 14. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis