STS-122; No Go for Atlantis Launch
December 1st, 2007
UPDATE: Fuel sensor problems continue to baffle NASA, the next launch attempt will be no sooner than January 2.
Kennedy Space Center, FL – Space shuttle Atlantis is set to begin its launch countdown for the STS-122 mission with a flurry of activities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 3:43 p.m. EST on Saturday, December 8.
The seven astronauts who will fly Atlantis to the International Space Station will arrive at KSC at 12:30 p.m. on Monday. The countdown officially begins at 7 p.m.
Atlantis will carry the Columbus laboratory to the space station and install it to the Harmony module, which was brought to the station in October during the last shuttle mission.
