STS-125 Readiness Review Under Way at Kennedy

The Flight Readiness Review for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope began at 8 a.m. EDT this morning at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Managers will hold a news conference on NASA TV following the review to announce the official launch date. The briefing is expected to begin no earlier than 5 p.m. EDT.

For the first time, live status updates will be added periodically to the NASA News Twitter feed during the meeting. Follow these updates at: http://www.twitter.com/nasa.