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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– Space shuttle Endeavour is silhouetted against the dawn pink sky on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Surrounding the pad are the lightning towers erected for NASA's Constellation Program, which will use the pad for Ares rocket launches. Dotting the still dark sky at upper right is the moon. Endeavour will be prepared on the pad for liftoff in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary following space shuttle Atlantis' launch May 12 on the STS-125 mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. After Atlantis is cleared to land, Endeavour will move to Launch Pad 39A for its upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch June 13. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller