Shuttle Program Prepares To Shut Down
Credit: William G. hartenstein/AW&ST
The shuttle Atlantis is poised for its final scheduled mission—the delivery of a compact Russian docking and laboratory module to the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center is set for May 14 at 2:20 p.m. EDT initiating a 12-day flight. The spacecraft’s six-man crew has...
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