Current Status: Delayed.

Launch Date: Friday, November 5, 2010 @ 3:04 pm ET

Odds of Launch: Unknown at this time

Shuttle: Discovery (OV-103) – Sad to say this is the final scheduled flight for Discovery.

Mission: STS-133

Mission Length: 10 days

EVA’s: 2 (on flight days: 5 and 7)

Primary Objectives: Among other things, robotically install Express Logistics Carrier to starboard three truss lower inboard common attach site and robotically install Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) to Unity node nadir or Earth-facing port.

Commander: Steve Lindsey

Pilot: Eric Boe

Mission Specialists: Tim Kopra, Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott

Launch Pad 39A — Webcam Image courtesy: NASA/Kennedy Space Center

NOAA’s Forecast:

Tomorrow: Partly sunny, with a high near 83. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.

To keep current with the news about the launch, I recommend you go to NASA’s Launch Blog which should be live around 10:30 am ET. You will need to refresh your browser to get the latest from that site, but it’s THE place to get the up to the minute stuff especially if you can’t watch NASA TV.

I will be watching the launch itself on NASA-TV in between getting home and rushing out the door again.

ALSO: You can listen to KSC communications via Radio Reference, click the little speaker and then you can minimize the player and continue browsing.

This is the last scheduled flight for Discovery. She made her first flight as STS-41D on August 30, 1984. This is also the next to the last scheduled shuttle flight for the program before the government slams the door shut on human space flight, but hey we will have a second rate health care system that we still can’t afford so it’s all good right?

Image Credits: NASA / NOAA