Shuttle Atlantis slated for July 12 lift off to space station

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to liftoff at 5:04 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on July 12 to deliver the six-ton Joint Airlock to the International Space Station. The airlock will give astronauts living on the space station access to space without the need of a docked shuttle.

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