Hatch Closed; Weather Now 60 Percent “No-Go”

Inside the White Room at Launch Pad 39A, members of the Closeout Crew have closed Discovery’s crew hatch.

Meanwhile, the weather situation continues its negative trend, with Shuttle Weather Officer alerting Launch Director Pete Nickolenko that the forecast right now calls for a 60 percent chance of weather preventing launch tonight.

There are two hours left until launch time at 1:36:05 a.m., and weather and launch officials will keep monitoring the situation closely.