STS-130 space shuttle Endeavour, RSS rollback KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Space shuttle Endeavour's countdown is underway at Kennedy Space Center for launch tomorrow morning at 4:39 a.m. EST. Saturday morning, the Rotating Service Structure was retracted from its position around the shuttle as the countdown reaches its final hours. The massive mobile structure provides access to the space shuttle's payload bay and other areas while the vehicle is being processed for flight at the launch pad.

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