Atlantis Launch Postponed As Ernesto Nears

Posted on: Aug. 28th, 2006 || Source: NASA | E-mail Article | Print Article

NASA mission managers this morning decided to scrub Tuesday's scheduled launch attempt of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Preliminary preparations are also underway to roll the orbiter back to the Vehicle Assembly Building, although no final decision has been made to allow of possible changes in Tropical Storm Ernesto's track. That decision is expected by midday tomorrow.

NASA's lighted launch window extends to Sept. 13, but mission managers are hoping to launch by Sept. 7 to avoid a conflict with a Russian Soyuz rocket also bound for the International Space Station. Officials are talking with our Russian partners about the issue.

More details will be available at a 9 a.m. EDT briefing, which will be live on NASA Television.
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