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NASA is preparing Shuttle Atlantis for its next mission

Washington, USA - 16 missions are forecast for the next 4 years

NASA is carrying on the program for the new launch of the Space Shuttle, forecast for the end of August. This time it will be Shuttle Atlantis, transported yesterday in the hangars of the Kennedy Space Center, to face the space travel, being Shuttle Discovery returned few days ago by its mission. The duty of the astronauts who will leave with the Atlantis will be to re-start the works to complete the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 145688
Rome, Italy, 07/26/2006 16:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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