Atlantis lifts off toward rendezvous with Mir
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Cape Canaveral yesterday on a mission that is scheduled to see it dock with Russia's Mir Space Station for five days and bring U.S. astronaut Norm Thagard back to Earth. Poor weather at the Cape that had delayed the launch for several days finally cleared...
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