CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) _ NASA moved space shuttle Endeavour to its launch pad on Wednesday amid high security and unprecedented secrecy.

For the first time in the 20-year space shuttle program, NASA did not announce the move from the hangar to the pad in advance.

Kennedy Space Center has added extra security since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Even more security will be in place by the time Endeavour is scheduled to launch on Nov. 29. The shuttle will ferry a fresh crew to the international space station.

NASA spokesman Bruce Buckingham said Endeavour's trip atop a giant crawler took place in the early morning, lasted seven hours and was uneventful.

``We tracked it the whole way out there, and there were no concerns,'' he said.

Buckingham declined to elaborate on the security measures that were taken or will be taken while the shuttle is on its seaside pad.