US SPACE AGENCY HAS WARNED THAT TURBULENT WEATHER MOVING IN FROM THE CARIBBEAN
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A thunderstorm behind last inspections Thursday upon a convey Atlantis as it prepares for liftoff upon a ancestral last goal of a 30-year space convey program, NASA said.
Liftoff is scheduled for Friday during 11:26 am (1526 GMT), yet a US space group has warned that violent continue relocating in from a Caribbean has left usually a thirty percent possibility of great launch conditions.
The skies incited an meaningful gray and- multiform thunderclaps rattled Kennedy Space Center as engineers attempted to do an early rollback during 12:00 pm (1600 GMT) of a rotating use make up around Atlantis upon Thursday.
“The space convey launch group is evaluating a probable lightning set upon inside of a single third of a mile from Launch Pad 39A during NASA’s Kennedy Space Center,” NASA pronounced in a statement.
“Engineers will examination interpretation to establish if a lightning influenced space convey Atlantis or any of a pad’s belligerent await equipment,” it added.
“A stability band- of thunderstorms has prevented teams from conducting a minute desk desk pad inspection, that contingency be achieved prior to a rotating use make up can be rolled behind from a shuttle.”
The rollback outlines a last vital transformation of apparatus upon a launch desk desk pad prior to a convey takes off. It was creatively programmed for 2:00 pm (1800 GMT).
If continue forces a delay, alternative launch opportunities open upon Saturday and- Sunday. Atlantis’s moody will symbol a last goal of a 30-year space convey program.
