Space shuttle Atlantis and its
Credit: NASA
Space shuttle Atlantis and its hail-damaged external tank are to be rolled from Pad 39A into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center by early this week for inspection of 7,000 divots and blemishes in the tank's foam that have delayed STS-117 to April-May and could push liftoff into...
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