Shuttle Ready for June 8 Launch
Credit: NASA
The space shuttle Atlantis is poised for a June 8 launch carrying the first set of 240-ft. solar arrays for the starboard side of the International Space Station. The crew will also complete retraction of the station's center arrays. STS-117 was to have launched in mid-March until a hailstorm...
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