Concern About Atlantis Antenna Bolts Forces Tradeoff
Credit: NASA
Launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-115 mission to reinitiate station assembly is approved for as early as Aug. 27, pending the resolution of questions about the integrity of bolts holding the heavy K u-band antenna in the payload bay. Liftoff here would be at 4:30 p.m. EDT and move...
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