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Atlantis shuttle successfully launched
Cape Canaveral, USA - It will reach Hubble space telescope on Wednesday
The Atlantis Shuttle was successfully launched from launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral with the seven crewmembers of mission STS-125. The spacecraft will reach Hubble space telescope for the last maintenance works, extending its operational lifetime to 2014. Take off took place precisely at 2:01 pm local time (6:01 pm GMT) with a single tension moment for an anomalous ice formation...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency