Shuttle Atlantis ready for liftoff

Final preparations are under way for Monday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in a repair mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. The countdown timeline is on target, and "Atlantis is ready to fly," said Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA's test director. Preparations for the 2:01 p.m. ET flight will continue throughout the day. The forecast is favorable, according to the shuttle's weather officer, Kathy Winters, who said there's a 90 percent chance the weather will cooperate. More

(Source: CNN - May 11)