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In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the second shipment of hardware for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope waits for removal in the high bay. The container holds the Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier, or SLIC, and the Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier, or ORUC. Another payload carrier, the Flight Support System, has already been delivered, and the Multi-Use Lightweight Equipment carrier will be delivered in late July. The carriers will be prepared for the integration of telescope science instruments, both internal and external replacement components, as well as the flight support equipment to be used by the astronauts during the Hubble servicing mission, targeted for launch Oct. 8.