The last launch of an American space shuttle threatens to delay due to bad weather. A tropical storm from the Caribbean region moves northward ago on Friday and could make the scheduled start time at the Cape Canaveral space center for rain, thunderstorms and clouds, said the U.S. space agency NASA.
"It does not currently favorable," a NASA weather specialist said on Wednesday. The probability of good weather conditions at the start time on Friday at 11.26 clock time lying at only 30 percent.
Despite the poor prospects of continued NASA's first launch preparations continue as planned. The space shuttle "Atlantis" is at the 135th fly and last shuttle mission to the International Space Station. With the flight, the Space Shuttle program of the United States ends after 30 years.
U.S. astronauts will initially rely on Russian Soyuz rockets to go to the ISS. NASA needs to ensure that Moscow pay $ 51 million per seat. The U.S. space shuttles are retired in the future will be exhibited in various museums in their home country.
