Weather Forecast "No Go" for Friday Landing

Before going to sleep at 6:01 p.m. EDT, space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts were making final preparations for Friday's planned 10 a.m. landing at Kennedy Space Center. A second landing opportunity follows at 11:39 a.m. Weather currently is forecast "no go" due to a prediction of broken clouds at 4000 feet and a chance of thunderstorms within 30 nautical miles of Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility. STS-125 Entry Flight Director Norm Knight and his mission control team will assess the Kennedy weather Friday before giving a "go" for the deorbit burn. More

(Source: NASA - May 22)