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All ready for Atlantis shuttle launch

Cape Canaveral, USA - Take off scheduled for 2:01 pm EDT with favourable meteorological conditions

It is all ready for the Atlantis shuttle's launch today at 2:01 pm EDT. After NASA mission management's go-ahead to proceed refueling operations are underway, with 1,893,000 liters of liquid hydrogen and oxygen being poured in the shuttle's external tanks. Meteorological conditions are forecast as 90% favourable. The spacecraft will carry mission STS-125 crew destined to the final servicing operations...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1104205
Rome, Italy, 05/11/2009 13:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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