Shuttle Atlantis lifts off with load of spare parts for Mir
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off right on time at 4:07 a.m. EDT yesterday on its way to deliver a load of spare parts and tools to Russia's creaky Mir orbital station, along with the fifth U.S. astronaut to live there. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., came as soon as the seven-...
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