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Everything's ready for last mission of shuttle Atlantis, but weather forecasts rise worries

Cape Canaveral, USA - At the moment ,a postponement is not taken into consideration; lift-off should be watched by at least half a million people

Everything's ready for the last mission of the "Space Shuttle" program, which will also mark the retirement of Atlantis, launched into orbit for the first time in 1985. On Wednesday -after a meeting of the Mission Management Team- started the countdown for the departure of STS-135, that appears to be proceeding without troubles and on which at 10:00 am today was held a briefing for status evaluation. Remain...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1131772
Rome, Italy, 07/07/2011 17:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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