Launch Day STS 122 Atlantis

[DaveS]

Final Inspection Team final report is that the ET is clean. No cracks, no ice or frost build-up.

MS2 Rex Walheim is now crawling through the side-hatch. All crew members are now aboard.

 

[Tex]

This is good stuff, thanks guys!

 

[DaveS]

GO for orbiter crew module close-out.

 

[DaveS]

SIMO voice checks is now underway.

 

[DaveS]

SIMO voice checks have been completed.

 

[DaveS]

Orbiter crew module close-out complete. Getting ready to close the hatch.

 

[DaveS]

Shuttle Launch Weather Officer Kathy Winter just lowered the probabilities of weather launch commit criteria violation from 70% to 60%.

2 hours from launch time.

 

[DaveS]

GO to close the side-hatch.

 

[DaveS]

Hatch closed and latched for flight.

 

[DaveS]

MILA is now switching from low power to high power on the antennas.

 

[DaveS]

Cabin leak checks is now in work.

 

[DaveS]

GLS Mainline activation is in work.

 

[FordPrefect]

uh oh, judging from the pictures of the live video feed, the cumulus look like they start towering. If this continues they may develop showers.

 

[DaveS]

T-20 minutes and counting. Weather remains "GO" for launch.

 

[DaveS]

Orbiter Closeout Crew is ready to clear the White Room and depart the pad.

 

[DaveS]

The Spaceflight Meterorlogy Group at JSC is in discussions with the Ascent Flight Director about RTLS xwinds, currently they are within limits for launch.

 

[DaveS]

Ready for BFS transfer to OPS1. Also Contigency Abort Yaw steering is in work.

 

[DaveS]

MPS He reconfig in completed.

 

[DaveS]

T-9 minutes and holding.

 

[DaveS]

Interesting fact: Today it is 7 years ago to day that Atlantis launched with the Destiny Lab and it hoped that history will repeat itself today as Atlantis will launch with the next lab module, Columbus.

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Could someone please take over status postings? My NASA TV feed keeps cutting out due to heavy load this forum places on my compuer.