Launchpad 39a News Today

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Plains and oklahoma city and brady campbell, back to you john. jon: multimedia journalist brady campbell. thank you spacex and nasa are ready to launch four crew members from kate canaveral into the international space station early tomorrow morning and the launch will make history phil keating with details from cape canaveral. >> the weather is absolutely spectacular for a launch and nasa giving it a 95% probability that the rocket will blastoff taking three astronauts and one russian cosmonaut...

They should be passing us here in the next five to ten minutes or so as they make their way out to launchpad 39a, for as you mentioned, the final flight of the shuttle "endeavour," the 25th and final flight. now, a lot of people may not know this, but "endeavour" was built in the wake of the "challenger" accident, president reagan coming out and saying well continue on. then a year after "challenger," congress approved the construction of "endeavour." so, this is the newest of the shuttle vehicl...

Phil. >> reporter: spectacular weather, 90 percent chance of no problem at all as far as the weather and nasa is not filing any technical issues, so everything looks very good here for discovery on its final 39th trip into space. take a live look at -- a live look, you can see the crew sealing the hatch, all six astronauts are inside, the close-out crew will evacuate launchpad 39a and at the base, you have the right stuff walk, that classive -- classic shot of all six astronauts in the jumpsuits...

Load bay back here, so again, it will keep them busy. three space walks are scheduled for this mission, so theyre going to work with that cargo for about 100 hours or so. so they are definitely having an extremely busy task ahead. juliet: tell us what its like being there for a launch. i was there for one of the subtle launches and its a phenomenal experience. >> reporter: i tell you, the amazing thing is this is a pre-dawn launch, it was an hour before the sun came up, and so with the darkness ...

Program. while you were asleep, the space agency plans to send up the "endeavor," the first of five missions this year before the fleet is retired. john zarrella is stand by live this is also the last nighttime shuttle launch, the end of an era. >> reporter: yeah, it really is. bittersweet here, the last nighttime launch, nine hours from now, don. and "endeavor" will be heading on a 13-day mission, it is behind me on launchpad 39a, the fueling of the giant external tank has begun. 4:39 eastern t...