Atlantis astronauts have a "go" to release the Hubble Space Telescope just before 9 a.m.Lead shuttle flight director Tony Ceccacci polled team members in NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston and the Space Telescope Operations Control Center in Maryland before giving mission commander Scott Altman and robotic arm operator Megan McArthur the go-ahead.
Release is set for 8:57 a.m. EDT.
The observatory's aperture door has been opened to allow its instruments to see starlight.
TV pictures may not be immediately available, but you can listen to the release unfold live by clicking on the picture above to launch a NASA TV viewer.
Click "Read more..." to see some pictures showing how Atlantis adjusted its orientation for release.
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