Atlantis Given Two Shots at Launch After Exhaustive Assessments
Credit: BOEING
A Herculean effort by the launch team here and shuttle engineers across the U. S. took the orbiter Atlantis to the precipice of its launch window, but allowed the STS-115 astronauts to begin revival of station assembly this week, pending expected launch Sept. 8-9. The difficulty involved an electric...
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