NASA Clears Discovery For Launch Tonight, But Weather Still a Problem
The Mission Management Team for the space shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission gave it a “go” for launch at 11:59 pm EDT tonight. According to NASA’s Bob Jacobs on Twitter, permission has been given for fueling (“tanking”) to begin. NASA had been waiting for the forecast to improve sufficiently to approve that step. Earlier in the day, there was a 30 percent chance of lightning preventing the fueling operation. There is currently a 40 percent chance that weather will prevent the launch tonight.
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