10-05-09 Shuttle Atlantis Loaded With Final Experiments

CAPE CANAVERAL,Fla.– The space shuttle Atlantis is being loaded today with a pair of experiments that will launch into space Monday with seven astronauts bound for the Hubble Space Telescope.The experiments will study how vaccines and astronaut sleep cycles are affected by spaceflight.Shuttle technicians will load them into Atlantis’ middeck, then button up the shuttle.At 5:00 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) today,NASA will retract the shroud-like Rotating Service Structure that has protected Atlantis from the weather atop its launch pad.Launch is on track for 2:01 p.m. EDT (1801 GMT) for Atlantis’ 11-day mission,the fifth and final service call to Hubble