NASA will roll Space Shuttle Atlantis back to the safety of the Vehicle Assembly Building before effects from Tropical Storm Ernesto would be felt at the Kennedy Space Center:
"We'd like to get off the pad tomorrow morning if at all possible," said Launch Director Mike Leinbach. "Based on tomorrow afternoon's local weather, we'd much rather be back in the VAB earlier rather than later."
The launch window for this mission extends to September 13, but NASA was hoping to launch Atlantis by the 7th to avoid any conflict with a Russian Soyuz rocket also bound for the International Space Station. Atlantis will require eight days of launch preparations once it is returned to the launch pad.
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