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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 5184013" data-attributes="member: 92282">T-3 Hours and Counting; Crew Appears ShortlyWed, 15 Jul 2009 07:10:15 PM GMTThe countdown to launch of space shuttle Endeavour has resumed following the T-3-hour built-in hold. The STS-127 astronauts are expected to walk out of their crew quarters in a few minutes. After waving to a gathering crowd of well-wishers, they'll climb aboard the silver-colored Astrovan for the ride out to NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A.Weather at Kennedy remains at 60-percent chance for favorable weather for an early-evening liftoff at 6:03 p.m. Storms in the area are forecast to move away by launch time as the East coast seabreeze moves to the west. Launch managers and weather officers are in frequent contact and are monitoring conditions closely.Tanking operations are complete and Endeavour's external fuel tank is fully loaded with its supercold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants. Weather permitting, liftoff remains on schedule for 6:03 p.m. EDT.</blockquote>

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