In Pictures: 'Shuttle Endeavour Prepares for Launch'

By James Wray Jun 16, 2009, 19:49 GMT

NASA workers perform final checks on the ground umbilical carrier plate called the GUCP (L, Black square) on the external tank of Space shuttle Endeavour as it reflected in a pond near launch pad 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 16 June 2009. The Launch of Endeavour was scrubbed at 12:26A.M. 13 June 2009 when a hydrogen leak was found at the GUCP of the external tank. The new scheduled launch date is 17 June 2009 at 5:40a.m. EDT. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

Space shuttle Endeavour on launch pad 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 15 June 2009. The Launch of Endeavour was scrubbed on 13 June 2009 when a hydrogen leak was found at the GUCP of the external tank. The new scheduled launch date is 17 June 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

NASA workers perform final checks on the ground umbilical carrier plate called the GUCP (L, Black square) on the external tank of Space shuttle Endeavour as it sits on launch pad 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 16 June 2009. The Launch of Endeavour was scrubbed at 12:26A.M. 13 June 2009 when a hydrogen leak was found at the GUCP of the external tank. The new scheduled launch date is 17 June 2009 at 5:40a.m. EDT. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

Space shuttle Endeavour is viewed as the Rotating Service Structure (RSS) starts to move on pad 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 16 June 2009. The new scheduled launch date for shuttle Endeavour is 17 June 2009 at 5:40a.m. EDT. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

Space shuttle Endeavour as the Rotating Service Structure (RSS) starts to move on pad 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 16 June 2009. The new scheduled launch date for shuttle Endeavour is 17 June 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

A NASA worker watches from inside the RSS (L) Space shuttle Endeavour as the Rotating Service Structure (RSS) starts to move on pad 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 16 June 2009. The new scheduled launch date for shuttle Endeavour is 17 June 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

NASA employees stop to watch Space shuttle Endeavour as the Rotating Service Structure (RSS) starts to move on pad 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 16 June 2009. The new scheduled launch date for shuttle Endeavour is 17 June 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

A dragon fly lands on a twig with Space shuttle Endeavour during the Rotating Service Structure (RSS) move on pad 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 16 June 2009. The new scheduled launch date for shuttle Endeavour is 17 June 2009. EPA/JUSTIN DENIER

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