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Always with the best assignments. phil, what do you know? >> reporter: that is falcon sitting on launch pad 39a behind me. really could have been or perhaps should have been long gone by now for its scheduled 1:30 p.m. eastern launch. high upper level wind sheer has delayed the launch. now targeted for 3:45 p.m. eastern time. about 51 minutes from now. the demo is all about getting humans to the moon, out to mars, as well as delivering bigger pay loads and heavier pay loads for nasa, the u.s. military and satellite makers. no other rocket has ever blasted off as well, with 27 engines all firin...

globe. live from studio 7, this is "cnn saturday morning" with t.j. holmes. >> just got that breaking news from the nba. just a matter of hours ago. they were working overnight. we've got a live report on that coming your way literally in seconds. i do want to get you caught up on other morning headlines, including out of pakistan. where pakistan is saying nato helicopters opened fire killing 20 soldiers. this happened near the border with afghanistan. pakistan and military officials say another 12 soldiers injured in this attack. nato is saying they are aware of the incident but hav...

Blasting off for a 12-day mission. they say the weather looks good for the 2:20 eastern launch. there are three space walks planned during this trip to the international space station. those are live pictures. after this mission, just two more before nasa retires the entire shuttle fleet, which means this will likely be the last launch for that beauty "atlantis." >> you can bet the one person that will be watching is a.m.'s own katy coleman. we have been counting down katy ahead of her mission to the international space station. >> katy was there in person last month. she had her husband and h...