[sarex] LAUNCH COVERAGE

[Arthur Rowe <azrowe80@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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	LAUNCH COVERAGE
  	
  	*Space Shuttle Mission STS-117 *

*Orbiter:* Atlantis 
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/atlantis-info.html> 

*Mission*: Space Station Assembly Building - 13A 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/mission_overview.html> 

*Primary Payload:* S3/S4 Truss
*Launch Date:* June 8
* Launch Time*: 7:38:04 p.m. EDT
*Launch Pad*: 39A 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/launch-complex39-toc.html> 

*Landing Date:* June 21
*Landing Time:* 1:54 p.m. EDT
*Mission Duration*: 13 days
*Inclination/Altitude:* 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

  Image above: Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off into a clear
blue Florida sky. Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
TO VIEW LAUNCH IMAGE GO TOl
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/index.html

+ View High-res Image 
<http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170897main_liftoff-lg.jpg>
+ Launch Day Photos 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/multimedia/launch/launch.html>
+ Launch Day Videos 
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/launch/launch_allvideos.html>


*Atlantis Launches!*
After a virtually flawless countdown, Space Shuttle Atlantis thundered 
into the early evening sky over Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The 
on-time launch headed the STS-117 crew toward the International Space 
Station where they will deliver a new crew member, truss segment and 
solar arrays.

	 

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