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After the delay on Thursday, Space Shuttle Atlantis was set for a launch on Saturday. However the technical issue that scrubbed the launch on Thursday was again the cause of the delay yet again.

The rescheduled launch is said to happen no earlier than January 2nd 2008 at 5.41am.

The delay should give a significant amount of time for NASA Engineers to investigate the problem.

The launch blasted off as expected on Friday, for those who want to keep on top of the mission they can listen to the mission audio between Houston and Atlantis using the NASA Media page from this page you can watch NASA’s local public TV channel or my favorite listen to the Mission Audio and hear in true "one small step for man" hiss and crackle audio style live audio!

The launch itself was seen throughout Central Florida and was an awe inspiring sight as always.

We all wish the astronauts well and await their return home.

It has been a long time coming but finally Space Shuttle Atlantis is ready to go! After lengthly repairs to the external fuel tank which was damaged by a freak hailstorm in February were carried out the launch is now finally ready and is scheduled for 7.38pm tomorrow (Friday) night. There is a 70% chance that the weather will be favorable. STS-117 is a go!

The launch is the first shuttle launch this year and will be an awe inspiring sight as always. It is broadcast on the local Public Service NASA TV channel – although minor launches like the rocket carrying satellites earlier this year was broadcast on Central Florida News 13 (A BRIGHTHOUSE cable channel) which also allowed streaming audio over the internet. However, NASA TV is also broadcast over the internet. Click on that link or the one below. It has different formats (Windows Media player for full screen is very impressive, you get the full countdown and everything!)

However, if you want to experience the launch you really can’t beat being here, even if not on the beaches at Titusville or Cocoa from Clermont or Davenport which are 60-70 miles from those locations you can see the launch (ok the rockets look smaller but it still lights up the sky.)