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Clouds, rain showers force one-orbit landing delay
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 22, 2007
Already running a day late due to blustery Florida weather, entry flight director Norm Knight told the Atlantis astronauts today to pass up their first opportunity to land in Florida and to stay in space an extra orbit. Unless the weather in Florida dramatically improves, commander Rick Sturckow likely will head for at landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
"C.J., the showers are not pushing out of the circle at KSC like we were hoping, so we're going to wave off this rev," astronaut Dominic "Tony" Antonelli radioed Sturckow from Houston. "We're going to take a hard look at KSC for this next (orbit), rev 219, and we'll also be looking at Edwards."
If Knight decides to divert Atlantis to Edwards, Sturkow and pilot Lee Archambault will fire the shuttle's braking rockets around 2:43:39 p.m. EDT to set up a landing on runway 22 around 3:50 p.m. EDT.
If the weather improves enough to take a shot at Florida, the shuttle's braking rockets will be fired at 2:50:31 p.m. for a landing on runway 15 around 3:55 p.m.
There are no other Florida landing opportunities today. There are three opportunities to land at Edwards, but the winds are expected to build up as the day wears on. Given a poor forecast for Saturday at all three of NASA's shuttle landing sites, Knight is expected to bring Atlantis home on the next opportunity, either at Kennedy or Edwards.
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