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Extended by one day the 33rd mission of space shuttle Atlantis

Cape Canaveral, USA - Today will be held the only spacewalk scheduled for STS-135

Mission Management Team established to extend by one day the STS-135 mission, the 33rd and last mission of the space shuttle Atlantis. according to the latest schedule -notified by Megan McArthur to Atlantis commander Chris Ferguson- the expedition will therefore end on July 21, 2011. After yesterday's to the International Space Station of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello (see AVIONEWS)...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1131894
Rome, Italy, 07/12/2011 11:50
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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