Launch

MMT says “go”, weather says “maybe not”

The Mission Management Team gave their unanimous approval this morning to proceed with the launch of Atlantis on Friday morning. However, the weather forecast is getting a little worse: forecasts now are calling for only a 30 percent chance of acceptable weather at launch time, down from 40 percent yesterday. (On the bright side, that means that there’s nearly 1 chance in 3 the weather will be okay. Optimism!) Clouds and the potential for showers and even thunderstorms remain the key weather issues. We should get more details later this morning at the L-2 countdown briefing, starting at 11:30 am EDT and airing on NASA TV.

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