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05-11-2009, 01:00 PM
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis and crew are nearing liftoff at Launch Pad 39A. They're ready to begin the final mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
The countdown clock is holding at T-20 minutes for 10 minutes. This is one of only two remaining built-in holds.
A five-person "Red Team" is on its way to the launch pad to check ice formation on the liquid hydrogen umbilical. Meanwhile, with the seven STS-125 astronauts safely strapped into space shuttle Atlantis, the launch pad Closeout Crew has confirmed the crew module's side hatch is properly closed and latched for flight. The Closeout Crew members will gather their equipment and depart Launch Pad 39A, retreating to a fallback area a safe distance away.
The weather forecast remains "go" at the launch site and the Transoceanic Abort Landing site in Moron, Spain, as the countdown clock ticks backward toward an on-time launch at 2:01 p.m. EDT.
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The countdown clock is holding at T-20 minutes for 10 minutes. This is one of only two remaining built-in holds.
A five-person "Red Team" is on its way to the launch pad to check ice formation on the liquid hydrogen umbilical. Meanwhile, with the seven STS-125 astronauts safely strapped into space shuttle Atlantis, the launch pad Closeout Crew has confirmed the crew module's side hatch is properly closed and latched for flight. The Closeout Crew members will gather their equipment and depart Launch Pad 39A, retreating to a fallback area a safe distance away.
The weather forecast remains "go" at the launch site and the Transoceanic Abort Landing site in Moron, Spain, as the countdown clock ticks backward toward an on-time launch at 2:01 p.m. EDT.
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