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Atlantis docked with the International Space Station

Cape Canaveral, USA - The astronauts started the space walks

Yesterday, the Atlantis Shuttle docked with the International Space Station (ISS) without problems. For the astronauts of the Shuttle this makes a fresh start of the construction of the orbital base, interrupted in 2003 after the Columbia tragedy. The first operations were to transfer the materiels for building. Two of the Atlantis’ crew started their first space walks, for the purpose of assembling a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 148691
Rome, Italy, 09/12/2006 14:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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