#Nasa space shuttle countdown clock install#
The 11-daymission features threespacewalks to install the Port 3/Port 4 (P3/P4) truss segments and newsolar arrays, a $371.8 million addition to the ISS that will double its poweroutput once fully activated.
"Overall,the weather looks pretty good for launch day," Winters added. While thereis only a 30 percent chance of poor weather preventing a Sunday launch, thatpercentage drops to just 20 percent on subsequent days, shuttle weather officerKathy Winters said. 14 launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft ferrying the next station crew -Expedition 14 commanded by NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria - and a spacetourist to the orbital outpost. 7 to allow a buffer between the shuttle's flight and the planedSept. "Thevehicle, the launch and the flight teams, and the flight crew are all ready forlaunch," NASA test director Steven Payne said in a status briefing.Ītlantishas a 12-day launch window that closeson Sept. NASA launchcontrollers began counting down toward Atlantis' STS-115 liftoff at 12:00 p.m.EDT (1600 GMT) today, about six hours earlier than planned to allow extra timeto load the shuttle's fuel cell propellant, space agency officials said.Īt aboutthat same time, pad workers were expected to close Atlantis' cargo bay doorsfor the final time after one last battery charge for its 17.5-ton solar arrayand ISS truss payload.
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