Atlantis Readied for Flight as Discovery Dodges Weather on Return
Credit: NASA
The space shuttle Atlantis will be rolled to Pad 39B next week on an accelerated schedule toward liftoff as early as Aug. 27, in a window shortened a week to avoid interference with a Soyuz carrying a Russian/U.S./Japanese crew to the station. The Atlantis preparations for STS-115 are also peaking...
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