The Space Shuttle Atlantis was unable to land in Florida on Friday due to stormy weather. There are six possible landing opportunities on Saturday...three in Florida and three in California. With a 60% chance of rain at Kennedy on Saturday, and with the disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico, a Florida landing does not seem likely. It is possible that the shuttle could remain in orbit until Monday, if NASA chooses. Of the six opportunities, only one would bring the shuttle over Central Texas. That would be on orbit 181 with a Kennedy landing at approximately 9:54 am CDT Saturday morning.

The shuttle would then be visible as it flies just south of Waco between 9:35 am and 9:40 am. But, again...this seems like a long shot to me. Here's a link to the other landing groundtracks from NASA for Saturday. Remember, the shuttle must fly within about 100 miles of Austin for us to see it.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/news/landing.html

-Mark Murray

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