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NASA Continues Countdown Toward Monday Launch For Atlantis
NASA on Sunday said it was continuing its countdown toward a Monday launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center here. "We resumed the countdown (Saturday)," shuttle launch director Mike Leimbach said. Atlantis and its team of six astronauts were scheduled to blast off at 3:46 pm (1746 GMT). Weather forecasts were calling for a slight chance of scattered rain showers, but the US space agency said there was an 80 percent chance of favorable launch conditions. "The weather will be very promising," meteorologist Kathy Winters predicted. With less than 24 hours to go before launch, however, engineers were examining a slight technical problem with a hotter-than-normal heater used to prevent ice from forming in pipes that drain water from the shuttle's fuel cells. "We're trying to understand the issue," shuttle operations manager Jim Halsell said. Atlantis's 11-day mission aims to install a 15-meter (45-foot), 390-million-dollar arm on the space station. Atlantis's launch was to be the first since space shuttle flights were suspended in July after cracks were discovered in the propulsion systems of all four US shuttles. The shuttle was originally scheduled to depart Wednesday, but concerns over Hurricane Lili kept it grounded. Power to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, was cut off Wednesday to guard against damage to key computer systems ahead of the hurricane's passage. Service has now been restored, and the center is now "fully up and mission capable. ... They are ready to go," Halsell said. All rights reserved. � 2002 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
Atlantis Launch Delayed Until Monday
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Oct 03, 2002The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis has been postponed until Monday due to Hurricane Lili, NASA said here Wednesday. ISS To Get More Backbone In Long Delayed Mission 
Huntsville - Sep 30, 2002Each part of the International Space Station is a handcrafted masterpiece of aerospace engineering. Some of the most important parts, however, will never fly in space. They are the "test articles" -- test parts that get pushed, pulled, shaken, blasted by loudspeakers and much more to ensure that the real hardware can stand up to the rigors of launch and years in space.
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