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Green light from NASA: Atlantis will leave on July, 8

Cape Canaveral, USA - Crew members and the shuttle are prepared

On Tuesday, the most important NASA and contractor managers involved in the Atlantis lift-off met at final Flight Readiness Review and confirmed that the last mission of the "Space Shuttle" program, STS-135, will leave on July 8, 2011, at 11:26 EDT. Following the meeting -NASA announced- "Launch pad technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are in the process of closing out space shuttle...

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Rome, Italy, 06/29/2011 20:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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