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Allard Beutel/STS-130 Launch 
Commentator: This is Shuttle Launch Control

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at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at T minus three hours and holding.

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We are a little less than five hours and 15 
minutes away from the launch of space

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shuttle Endeavour on its STS-130 mission to the International Space Station.

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This is Endeavour's second launch attempt in two days.

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Although, given the time of day, it feels like it has been one long day for a lot of the flight

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controllers here at the Kennedy Space Center.

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This morning at 4:30 a.m. Eastern, the first attempt was scrubbed just nine minutes before its

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scheduled liftoff because low clouds unexpectedly rolled in over the Kennedy Space Center.

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Currently, launch controllers are not working 
any technical issues that would prevent us

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from launching on time at 4:14 a.m. Eastern Monday.

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But forecasters are calling for a 40 percent chance of very similar conditions from last night --

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low clouds again around the liftoff time to prevent liftoff tomorrow morning.

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Managers and engineers are directing and 
monitoring Endeavour's countdown from

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Firing Room 4 here in the Launch Control Center, about 3 1/2 miles away from the shuttle.

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During the next five hours, we'll take a look at the STS-130 mission, its six astronauts,

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and cargo, as well as follow along as launch controllers get Endeavour ready to start its 13-day flight to the space station.

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During the STS-130 mission, astronauts will attach NASA's final major crew module to the station.

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It's called the Tranquility node and attached to it is essentially a seven-pane bay window called a cupola that will give

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crews a new location to control the station's robotic arm and will arguably sport the best views looking down at the

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Earth and space from anywhere inside the orbiting laboratory.

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And we've gotten some questions about this just in case anyone has any NASA-related side bets about Super Bowl 44 that took

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place tonight a couple hundred miles south of here, in Miami, Endeavour's crew did not watch the game,

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but it was sent up to the International Space Station for the five Expedition 22 crew members to watch, if they so desired.

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Again, launch teams are not working any 
issues right now that would prevent us from

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launching on time at 4:14 a.m. Eastern Monday.

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At T minus three hours and holding, this is Shuttle Launch Control.

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