Weather Casts Doubt On Shuttle Landing

A low pressure system in Florida is making an on-time May 22 landing of Shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) appear somewhat unlikely, although the orbiter itself is clean and ready. “I’ll tell you, it doesn’t look great,” STS-125 Entry Flight Director Norm Knight said of the weather...

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