Off-Again, On-Again

Tropical storm Ernesto threatened the shuttle with high winds yesterday, so NASA decided to move the 4.5 million pound launcher/orbiter back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Today, however, with Ernesto now forecast to veer more westerly in its track and to subject the shuttle to lesser winds, Launch Director Mike Leinbach and his team made the determination at 2:40 p.m. EDT to move back to Pad 39B. Check out the continuing coverage of STS-115 at NASA’s site for more info.