NASA launch crews were making final preparations Monday for this week’s launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, which will install the European Columbus science laboratory on the international space station. Mission STS-122 is slated to lift off at 4:31 p.m. EST this Thursday from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Countdown is scheduled to begin Monday evening at 7, and weather forecasts indicate an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions, weather officer Kathy Winters said.
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Atlantis to Haul Columbus Science Lab to ISS
Posted by: Katherine Noyes December 3, 2007 01:13 PMNASA launch crews were making final preparations Monday for this week’s launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, which will install the European Columbus science laboratory on the international space station. Mission STS-122 is slated to lift off at 4:31 p.m. EST this Thursday from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Countdown is scheduled to begin Monday evening at 7, and weather forecasts indicate an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions, weather officer Kathy Winters said.