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from launch complex 39 at the Kennedy

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Space Center in Florida this is shuttle

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launch control at t-minus three hours

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and holding we are now in the final five

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hours of the countdown for the launch of

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space shuttle atlantis on mission

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sts-125 the countdown is being

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controlled from very room for at the

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launch control center and we are on

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schedule for a liftoff targeted for 228

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p.m. eastern time this is the 129th

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launch of the space shuttle program the

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31st launch of space shuttle atlantis

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and the 31st visit to the International

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Space Station this is an 11-day mission

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that includes three six and a half hour

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EV azor spacewalks landing is currently

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planned for the day after thanksgiving

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on november 27 that 943 a.m. there are

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six astronauts who will shortly be

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aboard atlantis in route to a rendezvous

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with the International Space Station the

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astronauts are commander Charlie hoba

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pilot which will Mar Wilmore and mission

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specialists Leland Melvin Randy bresnick

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Mike Foreman and Bobby sachar activities

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underway during the past hour have been

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the inertial measurement pre-flight

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calibrations the alignment of the Milo

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tracking station antenna and the ponce

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de león Inlet tracking station antennas

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with the launch pad activating the

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orbiters navigation aids and the initial

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communications checks with the Air Force

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eastern range meanwhile the final

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inspection team has been measuring the

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temperatures on the surface of the

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vehicle looking for any ice buildup and

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performing a final check for any fought

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or foreign object debris that could

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strike the orbiter upon ignition the

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seven-member team will have walked up

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and down the entire 380-foot tower the

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fixed service structure at the

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fueling of space shuttle Atlantis began

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at 503 this morning and concluded at

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exactly eight a.m. eastern time without

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any issues and the countdown continues

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not to work any problems and has been

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going very smoothly we have

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approximately 59 minutes and 30 seconds

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remaining in this hold at t-minus three

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hours and our weather forecast is not

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quite as say verbal as what we had

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yesterday we're looking at a thirty

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percent chance of not meeting the launch

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weather criteria by the time we get to

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liftoff time at 228 primarily due to an

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increased chance for a low cloud deck

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and we'll hear more about that in about

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a half hour with one of the launch

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weather officers who will be here to

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talk more about our launch weather and

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our forecast for overseas at the

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overseas contingency landing sites at