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The latest external fuel tank for the space shuttle is en route to Kennedy Space Center.
It is the second tank in less than a month that the Michoud Assembly Facility in eastern New Orleans has delivered to NASA.
The shuttle will launch Oct. 8 on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble launch requires two space shuttles, one of which will serve, if needed, as part of the rescue mission.
The tanks, which stand 15-stories tall and nearly 28 feet in diameter, are constructed by Lockheed Martin at the Michoud Assembly Facility. The latest tank is expected to arrive in Florida on Monday.
The solid rocket booster retrieval ship Liberty Star is towing the tank on its 900-mile voyage from Gulfport, Miss., to Kennedy Space Center.
The launch schedule for remaining two Space Shuttle launches in 2008 has been changed. The adjustments took place once Tropical Storm Hanna had moved beyond the Kennedy Space Center. STS-125, Shuttle Atlantis' mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, is now planned for October 10, 2008. Shuttle Endeavor's STS-126 mission to resupply the International Space Station is now targeted for November 12. 2008.
Shuttle Atlantis completed it's long, slow journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A on Thursday, and was secured to the pad at 3:52 p.m. EDT. Live coverage of this rare night launch will be broadcast on NASA Television, beginning at 7:30 p.m
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