NASA pumped more than 500,000 gallons of fuel into the space shuttle Endeavour’s tank Wednesday, ahead of its 6:36 p.m. ET liftoff. With good weather forecast for the launch, the two-decade wait for teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan may soon be over. Morgan was Christa McAuliffe’s backup when Challenger blew up shortly after liftoff in 1986.

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