spaceflightnow.com
2004 GMT (4:04 p.m. EDT)
Atlantis’ crew arrived at launch pad 39A at 4:03 p.m. The AstroVan came to a stop on the pad surface near the Fixed Service Structure tower elevator that will take the seven-man crew to the 195-foot level to begin boarding the shuttle.
3-1/2 hours
spaceflightnow.com
2019 GMT (4:19 p.m. EDT)
Veteran astronaut Jim Reilly, the lead spacewalker and mission specialist No. 4 for STS-117 has boarded Atlantis to take the middeck’s right seat. He considers Mesquite, Texas to be his hometown.
This is STS-117 Atlantis