Launch Day STS 122 Atlantis

[DaveS]

9 minutes left in this hold.

 

[DaveS]

T-3 hours and counting.

 

[DaveS]

Astronauts now walking out of the O&C to the AstroVan for the 15 minute trip to 39A and Atlantis.

 

[DaveS]

AstroVan now departing the O&C.

 

[DaveS]

AstroVan is now approaching the LCC and VAB. And so far the weather have been cooperating just nicely.

 

[DaveS]

Steve Lindsey now dropped off so he can head for the SLF to start the weather reconn, first in a T-38 and then later an STA.

 

[DaveS]

Convoy now passing the VAB/LCC.

 

[DaveS]

No COLAs(Collision Avoidance) today. Updated Ascent trajectories loaded into BFS.

 

[DaveS]

Astronauts have now arrived at the pad.
The Final Inspection Team have now departed the pad.

 

[DaveS]

Astronauts now on the 195 ft level of the FSS where the Orbiter Access Arm is located.

 

[DaveS]

CDR Steve Frick is now boarding Atlantis.

 

[DaveS]

MS5 Lèopold Eyharts is now boarding Atlantis.

 

[DaveS]

CDR Steve Frick now performing comm checks with OTC, NTD and Houston CapCom.

 

[DaveS]

PLT Alan Poindexter is now boarding Atlantis. 3 of 7 crew members are now aboard.

 

[DaveS]

MS3 Hans Schlegel is now boarding Atlantis. 4 of 7 crew members now aboard.
Just went RED for cloud ceilings, have a broken deck at 2500 ft(minimum is 6000 ft).

 

[Chipstone306]

What does Red mean for the cloud ceilings?

 

[DaveS]

What does Red mean for the cloud ceilings?

It means that they're "no-go", can't fly.

MS1 Leland Melvin is now boarding Atlantis. 5 of 7 crew members is now onboard.

Also, the post-ingress switch reconfig is complete.

 

[DaveS]

Just went back to GREEN on the cloud ceiling rule.

 

[DaveS]

MS4 Stan Love just boarded Atlantis. 6 of 7 crew members is now onboard.

 

[DaveS]

The "Wx board" at 1704 UTC. All weather constraints are "GO".