STS-122

[Firefighterdan]

This is great news for me. We had a huge windstorm Sunday night that knocked out power for 5 day's.   I thought I had missed the launch. So it looks like I will get to watch LIVE Saturday. Good luck ATLANTIS!!!!! 

[dembree]

Mission Management Team (MMT) is meeting now we won't hear anything til at least 5:00 local it could be late tonight though. Bigger news is brewing. This could be a long one. There's Still a 50/50 chance of an attempt tomorrow. Waiting for further updates.

[dembree]

CORRECTION. The MMT is delayed. waiting for word. there is bigger news brewing so it could be a long one. waiting for updates. The meeting was scheduled to start at 3:00

[dembree]

MMT has begun and is expected to take several hours.

[dembree]

JSC, ET engineers both believed to be no-go at this time.

[dembree]

MMT still meeting. news conference scheduled for NET 8:00 local.

[dembree]

Conference now scheduled for NET 8:45 local.

[dembree]

DECEMBER 8 LAUNCH ATTEMPT SCRUBBED, CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR NET 9:00 LOCAL! Nasa mission managers have once again scrubbed Saturday's launch attempt. A post scrub news conference is scheduled for NET 9:00 P.M. local tonight.

Launch date: December 9, 2007

Launch time: 3:21 P.M. EST

Launch weather: There will be some clouds and showers so the primary concern is low cloud ceiling and showers within 20 nautical miles of LC-39A. With that there is a 30% chance of KSC weather prohibiting launch.

[Firefighterdan]

Well it looks like I will be watching the launch from the fire station.

[dembree]

MMT meeting sarts at 1:00 local.

[dembree]

ATLANTIS LAUNCH ATTEMPT TOMORROW! Nasa mission managers have decided to go for a second try at launch tomorrow.


Launch date: December 9, 2007

Launch time: 3:21 P.M. EST

[dembree]

ATLANTIS LAUNCH TODAY! At the Kennedy space center in Florida a go for fueling has been given and that activity begun at about 6:00 A.M. local. Currently the launch team isn't working any issues. By 6:40 A.M. local we should have a status on the ECO sensors. The count is proceeding normally for a 3:21 P.M. liftoff this afternoon.

[dembree]

SCRUBBED AGAIN! ECO sensor #3 has failed. Waiting for further updates.

[dembree]

ECO sensor #3 has failed wet and then after draining it failed dry. Launch commit criteria required that all 4 of those sensors work to proceed with launch and # 3 failed during tanking. Again Launch officially scrubbed for the day. No launch date set as of now. MMT will meet later.

[dembree]

MMT will meet at 9:00 A.M. EST. They will decide how to move forward.