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  1. Waiting for word about abort. Launch window stays open for another 1.5 hours...
  2. ABORT. DAMN. Coundown stopped with just seconds left.
  3. T-1 minute! Watch live: http://is.gd/cCzUn
  4. T-3.5 minutes. Everything looks good for maiden launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to orbit. #SpaceX
  5. T-5 minutes and counting.
  6. T-6 minutes! rocket fuel (oxygen and kerosene) all loaded! @SpaceX
  7. SpaceX Countdown has resumed! T-13 minutes! #SpaceX
  8. SpaceX live feed: http://is.gd/cCzUn SpaceFlightNow feed: http://is.gd/cCtOY FloridaToday feed: http://is.gd/cCzWk
  9. Weather is good, rocket is go, but a boat is in the range box meaning they cannot launch until it clears out. #spacex
  10. SpaceFlightNow is also livecasting the Falcon 9 launch: http://is.gd/cCtOY
  11. SpaceX is reporting they have a delay. Stand by for more info...
  12. SpaceX: 40% of scrub due to weather. They are in a T-15 minute hold while final checkouts are being made.
  13. RT @NASA: Space shuttle Atlantis landed @NASAKennedy Space Center at 8:48aET after 186 orbits around Earth and a journey of 4,879,978 miles.
  14. OK, this @BANews, standing down for now. I'll do occasional updates here as they come in.
  15. Next step: an engine burn to circularize (more or less) and raise orbit.
  16. From 4.5 million pounds sitting there to orbit at 18,000 mph: 8 minutes. Always amazing.
  17. Wow! Orbiter shadow just passed over external tank; the view from the ET cam is very cool.
  18. External tank separation!
  19. Main engine cutoff. Atlantis is in orbit.
  20. Atlantis at about 4 miles per second, almost enough to achieve orbit.