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Today it will take off the shuttle Atlantis

Washington, USA - A technical difficulty had blocked the launch

NASA has scheduled the take off of shuttle Atlantis today at 11:41 a.m. local from Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral, in Florida, after that a technical difficulty had blocked the launch predicted in last days. The mission Atlantis will take on board six astronauts and will have the purpose to continue the building of the International Space Station (ISS), slowed down after the Columbia tragedy...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 148494
Rome, Italy, 09/08/2006 15:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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