NASA prepares for launch of Space Station laboratory

NASA is planning to launch a major component to the International Space Station Alpha at 6:11 p.m. EST today, when the Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., carrying the long-awaited Destiny laboratory module. The 28-foot-long, 14-foot-wide, 16-ton Boeing-built...

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