STS-130 Shuttle Mission to the International Space Station Launches Sunday 09:39 GMT

Status is green.

The countdown is now on scheduled hold until 00:14 when fuelling will begin.

The astronauts were woken at 22:45 to begin their important day and are now having breakfast followed by their final medical checks at midnight.

Another view of PAD 39A:


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It is now dark at the Kennedy Space Centre and we have just under 9 hours and 54 minutes to go.
 
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The Management Team has given the “go” and the fuelling process is underway with 500,000 gallons of super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen going into the external tank.

The forecast remains at 80% favourable for launch but winds are the only concern.

Just under 9 hours and 11 minutes to go.
 
Did you see the replay of the conference with Bolden before the tanking coverage?, it's clearly obvious why he is the Adminstrator, his communication skills are impeccable.
Plus I nearly choked on my cuppa when he stated that he hopes to have a cargo platform for earth to ISS duty ready for 2013 thanks to the opening up of the space program to a much wider corporate audience.
 
BloodyL said:
Did you see the replay of the conference with Bolden before the tanking coverage?, it's clearly obvious why he is the Adminstrator, his communication skills are impeccable.
Plus I nearly choked on my cuppa when he stated that he hopes to have a cargo platform for earth to ISS duty ready for 2013 thanks to the opening up of the space program to a much wider corporate audience.
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You can certainly see why he is the boss and he will make it happen. I caught the tail end of that end but will watch the replay later. It is available here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfGo2ugcG48

:)
 
The hatch was closed and locked at 07:43 and all systems are go but status is now RED for a weather violation. It looks like the low cloud ceiling at 3,800 ft will lead to the launch being aborted launch today. :(
 
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