In Pictures: 'USA Shuttle Endeavour on the Launch Pad'

By James Wray Jun 12, 2009, 19:11 GMT

Remote site 1 during the selecting remote camera sites for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 11 June 2009. The seven man crew that will fly on shuttle Endeavour mission STS-127 and will be on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour is scheduled to launch 11 June 2009 at 7:30 a.m. EDT. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

Remote site 4 during the selecting remote camera sites for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 11 June 2009. The seven man crew that will fly on shuttle Endeavour mission STS-127 and will be on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour is scheduled to launch 11 June 2009 at 7:30 a.m.. EDT. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

Remote site 1A during the selecting remote camera sites for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 11 June 2009. The seven man crew that will fly on shuttle Endeavour mission STS-127 and will be on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour is scheduled to launch 11 June 2009 at 7:30 a.m.. EDT. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER

Remote site 5 during the selecting remote camera sites for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 11 June 2009. The seven man crew that will fly on shuttle Endeavour mission STS-127 and will be on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour is scheduled to launch 11 June 2009 at 7:30 a.m.. EDT. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER

Space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-127 is displayed after completion of the rotating service structure (RSS) at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 12 June 2009. Endeavour on mission STS-127 will launch on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch is scheduled for 13 June 2009, at 7:17 A.M. EDT. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

NASA technicians work on the RSS as they ready Space shuttle Endeavour for launch on mission STS-127 at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 12 June 2009. Endeavour on mission STS-127 will launch on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch is scheduled for 13 June 2009, at 7:17 A.M. EDT. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

NASA technicians check the mobil launch platform (MLP) for the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-127 at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 12 June 2009. Endeavour on mission STS-127 will launch on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch is scheduled for 13 June 2009, at 7:17 A.M. EDT. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER

Space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-127 at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 12 June 2009. Endeavour on mission STS-127 will launch on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch is scheduled for 13 June 2009, at 7:17 A.M. EDT. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER

Space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-127 crew arrive at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 09 June 2009. Crew member Julie Payette from the Canadian Space Agency (C,CSA) with Commander Mark Polansky (R,3), Pilot Doug Hurley (R,2), mission specialist Dave Wolf (R) Tim Kopra (L),Tom Marshburn (L,2) and Chris Cassidy (L,3) talk to the media after arriving on a NASA STA G-2. The mission STS-127 crew will fly shuttle Endeavour on a sixteen day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch is scheduled for 13 June 20099 at 7:17 A.M. EDT. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN