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Flight readiness review taking place today
NASA managers will hold a flight readiness review on Friday at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center marking the next major milestone for mission STS-122.
NASA officials, space shuttle program managers, engineers and contractors
will discuss the readiness of space shuttle Atlantis, the flight crew
and payloads to determine if everything is set to proceed for launch.
Managers will also select an official launch date at the end of the session.
Launch is targeted for December 6 on a mission to install the Columbus
laboratory on the International Space Station.
A briefing following the meeting will include Associate Administrator
for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier, Space Shuttle Program Manager
Wayne Hale, International Space Station Program Manager Mike Suffredini
and Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach.
The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA
Television no earlier than 4 p.m. EST.
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