Emily Lakdawalla • Aug 04, 2007
Phoenix: Launch minus 12 minutes and weather is "go"
I'm up now, I'm plugged in to all my various media, and it looks like I didn't get up for nothing; Phoenix is ready to go, and the biggest potential problem for launch -- weather -- appears to be clear. It sure looks like Phoenix will go off today!
We're in the middle of a 10-minute planned launch hold; the countdown stands at T-4 minutes.
Woo hoo!
At launch minus 6, final poll, and all teams are reporting "Ready!