Thursday, 4 November 2010

MMT Opts to Resume Discovery Countdown

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:38:44 -0500


The Space Shuttle Program Mission Management Team (MMT) decided to resume the countdown for space shuttle Discovery's mission and continue toward a 3:29 p.m. EDT Thursday launch.

The Rotating Service Structure will be rotated back at 6:30 p.m. to reveal Discovery.

The launch countdown will resume at 11:04 p.m.

The shuttle team will convene at 5:30 a.m. and assess the weather before loading Discovery's external tank for launch.

‪‪NASA Television will air a news conference at 7 p.m. EDT with Mike Moses, prelaunch MMT chair and Mike Leinbach, shuttle launch director.

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