At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, the rotating service structure, or RSS, was rolled away from space shuttle Endeavour at 11 p.m. EDT on Friday.Launch countdown operations remain on schedule as Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts prepare for today's scheduled launch at 7:39 p.m."Everybody is 'go' for launch; we have no major issues at all," said Mike Moses, chairman of the mission management team, which completed its final review Friday. However, there is one problem the launch team may encounter on launch day: unfavorable weather.
According to Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters, showers, thunderstorms and anvil clouds could interfere with the final hours of the countdown."By the time we get to launch time, we are going with a 60 percent chance of (Kennedy) weather prohibiting launch, so only a 40 percent chance of weather that is good for launch," Winters said. The launch team will meet this morning at 9:30 a.m. for a weather briefing before fueling space shuttle Endeavour. Tanking coverage will begin at 10 a.m. on NASA Television.
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