Tue, 11 May 2010 08:37:27 -0500
The countdown to liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission is set to begin today at 4 p.m. EDT. Launch controllers will report to their consoles in NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center at 3:30 p.m. to be in place when countdown clocks start counting back from the T-43 hour mark.
A countdown status briefing will be held at 10 a.m. and broadcast live on NASA TV. Watch it at www.nasa.gov/ntv
Atlantis' six astronauts arrived at Kennedy on Monday evening, touching down at the Shuttle Landing Facility in four T-38 jets at 6:49 p.m. Today the crew members will review flight day file material and take part in a checkout of their orange launch-and-entry suits. At Launch Pad 39A, technicians will close Atlantis' payload bay doors for flight.
Liftoff is scheduled for May 14 at 2:20 p.m.
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