Rescue shuttle at launch pad for Hubble trip

In what's expected to be the last time ever, both of NASA's shuttle launch pads are occupied. Atlantis is on one, primed for a flight this coming week to the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour sits on the other a mile away for a mission no one wants. Endeavour is on unprecedented standby in case the seven astronauts who go up on Atlantis need to be rescued. Atlantis and its crew are headed into space for one last repair job on the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. It's a venture that was canceled five years ago because it was considered too dangerous. After a more recent delay, the launch finally is scheduled for Monday. More

(Source: The Associated Press - May 10)