Atlantis lifts off to restart space station work at Cape Canaveral
NASA finally launched Atlantis after multiple delays to resume construction of the international space station. The six astronauts will perform three spacewalks to install a 17 1/2 ton truss and two solar arrays while facing a 2010 deadline. A foam piece brushed the shuttle but caused no major damage. an early issue with a freon system was resolved and fuel cells performed as expected.
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