Observations: Status Report on the Launch of Atlantis
The space shuttle Atlantis is go for launch at 11:26 A.M. Eastern Time, although storms continue to threaten the liftoff with a 70 percent chance of unfavorable conditions. Fueling of Atlantis’s external fuel tank with more than 1.9 million liters of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen began at Launch Pad 39-A at 2:01 A.M. EDT