The Atlantis Space Shuttle launch may not happen on the planned time of 11:26 a.m. ET July 8 due to the weather.
A wave of tropical storms heading toward Kennedy Space Center threatens to delay the last launch of NASA's space shuttle program. A tropical storm system moving north from the Caribbean is expected to bring rain, clouds and thunder to Florida right around the time of Atlantis's scheduled liftoff Friday at 11:26 am (1526 GMT).
"It is not looking favorable right now for launch," said NASA weather officer Kathy Winters, downgrading her forecast to just a 30 percent chance of good conditions for liftoff, compared to 40 percent a day earlier.
"It is not looking favorable right now for launch," said NASA weather officer Kathy Winters, downgrading her forecast to just a 30 percent chance of good conditions for liftoff, compared to 40 percent a day earlier.
The shuttle launch, therefore, has 70 percent chance of canceling on July 8. It has a 60 percent chance of canceling on July 9 and a 40 percent chance of canceling on July 10.
In all, there is a 17 percent chance that it won't launch at all by July 10.
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In all, there is a 17 percent chance that it won't launch at all by July 10.
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