The Space Shuttle Program Mission Management Team (MMT) decided to resume the countdown for space shuttle Discovery’s mission and continue toward a 3:29 p.m. EDT Thursday launch.
The Rotating Service Structure will be rotated back at 6:30 p.m. to reveal Discovery.
The launch countdown will resume at 11:04 p.m.
The shuttle team will convene at 5:30 a.m. and assess the weather before loading Discovery’s external tank for launch.
NASA Television will air a news conference at 7 p.m. EDT with Mike Moses, prelaunch MMT chair and Mike Leinbach, shuttle launch director.