The rocket is to be moved from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B beginning at 12:01 a.m. EDT Tuesday. The 4.2-mile journey is expected to take about seven hours to complete.
NASA said it will provide live television coverage of the event beginning at 11:45 p.m. Monday.
The move was originally scheduled for Monday morning, but during routine testing last week, engineers detected a nitrogen gas leak that necessitated a 24-hour postponement.
The space agency said officials were assessing what effect, if any, the delayed rollout will have on the rocket's targeted Oct. 27 initial launch.
NASA Television downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video are available at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
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