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[IronRain]

Lets stay positive! The weather officer once gave a 100% GO for a shuttle launch. At the end of the launch day, the launch was postponed because of bad weather. Who knows what happens tomorrow

 

[diogom]

Yeah, it's 30% GO, not 0% :tiphat:

 

[Spacethingy]

Yippee! 4:30 lift-off? I'll be home for that! My first live shuttle launch... And it's the last ever shuttle.

Typical.

 

[astrosammy]

Why don't they just take some of their Hueys (I guess they still have them?) and fly them home in case of a scrub?

Well, IIRC some of the recent launches also had 30% GO for weather but still launched on time...

 

[Wishbone]

Fly helos? In a thunderstorm?

 

[astrosammy]

Fly helos? In a thunderstorm?

:facepalm: Oh, right... :rofl:

 

[C3PO]

Why don't they just take some of their Hueys (I guess they still have them?) and fly them home in case of a scrub?

I was thinking about closing some roads or police escorts.

 

[orb]

T-11 hours and counting. Countdown resumed.


Spaceflight Now: Engineers assess lightning strike at space shuttle pad

CBS News Space: NASA monitors weather, preps Atlantis for Friday launch (UPDATED)

 

[HarvesteR]

From that CBS article, it's not looking good for launching tomorrow... here's hoping the weather clears.

Cheers

 

[IronRain]

RSS retracting

(All photo's are from Spaceflight Now)

 

[orb]

If you want to view more photos (and with higher resolution), there is a bunch of them in NASA's KSC Media Gallery, STS-135 category.


NASASpaceflight: STS-135 LIVE: Atlantis completes tanking operations – Weather needs to improve

NASA: Payload Changeout Room Supports Last Shuttle Cargo

ESA: Last Space Shuttle mission ready for launch

 

[Chub777]

Astronauts boarding the Astrovan.

 

[ky]

Astronauts heading to the pad.I swear I might cry if it launches.

 

[HAL9001]

could someone link me the life-fee, I can't find it...

 

[astrosammy]

Just go to nasa.gov. This also could be interesting: http://www.phoenix.de/content/phoen...se/vor_ort:_aktuelles/386795?datum=2011-07-08

 

[ky]

Here: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv NASA TV

 

[GoForPDI]

www.spacevidcast.com - they have a nice HD feed and have their own presenters. Currently interviewing some astros.

 

[agentgonzo]

www.spacevidcast.com - they have a nice HD feed and have their own presenters. Currently interviewing some astros.

http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

 

[ky]

Is this close enough to launch conditions right now?

 

[diogom]

For the amount of times the live coverage freezes in 10s on my pc, I think you need to add snow.