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Atlantis Shuttle blasted off
Cape Canaveral, USA - Arrival scheduled for Saturday
Finally it managed to take off, despite the bad weather. At 2:45pm local time, Shuttle Atlantis left the launching pad at the NASA base of Cape Canaveral, in Florida, heading toward the International Space Station (ISS). There it will deliver the Columbus laboratory, built by the European Space Agency (ESA), as well as the French cosmonaut Léopold Eyharts, who is going to replace his US colleague...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency