Atlantis' Launch One Day Away
Sun, 10 May 2009 09:37:47 AM CDT
At this morning's final countdown status briefing from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Test Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said that the countdown timeline is on target and "Atlantis is ready to fly."
Final preparations will continue throughout the day at Launch Pad 39A, and the rotating service structure that surrounds Atlantis will be rolled back into its launch position at 5 p.m. EDT.
Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters improved on the forecast, now giving the team a 90 percent chance to launch Atlantis at 2:01 p.m. EDT tomorrow without weather interfering.
Also this morning, STS-125 Commander Scott Altman and Pilot Gregory C. Johnson once again practiced landings in the Shuttle Training Aircraft as the entire crew readies for their mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Live countdown and launch coverage begins tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. on NASA TV and on the web at www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/launch_blog.html.
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