Endeavour AstroVan turns back, signaling a scrub

The astronauts departed their crew quarters in the AstroVan (big bus) to go to Launch Pad 39A. As we watched, at 12:19 pm, the AstroVan made an unexpected turn toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and stayed there for a minute or so. We had no idea why the turn was made, but soon drove back out and we assumed it would go back on the road toward the Launch pad.

But no, the AstroVan made a turn back towards the quarantine area.. in the video you can hear the reaction of the media and NASAtweetup participants as it became clear they were not going to the launch pad and the mission might get scrubbed.

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