Favored Timing For Extra Shuttle Mission Moves Up

HOUSTON — Internal NASA thinking on the timing of the agency’s hoped-for STS-135 space shuttle mission using the Atlantis orbiter has taken a U-turn, with most now favoring the manifested June 28 launch date. The 11-day supply mission to the International Space Station would mark the end of the 30...

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