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Atlantis Expected to Launch Today

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the at-long-last dept.

PreacherTom writes "Following recent delays, NASA makes its fifth attempt to get Atlantis off the launchpad at 11:15 a.m. EDT today. NASA stopped Friday's launch try only 45 minutes before its scheduled departure for a faulty fuel tank sensor: the same glitch that thwarted two previous missions. The launch delay cost NASA $616,000, and if the mission is scrubbed again, the space agency must abandon for a few weeks its efforts to send the shuttle off on a construction mission to the International Space Station."

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  1. A little late... it already launched... by Fallen+Kell · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just thought I would let everyone know that it launched already.

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  2. Atlantis has risen again! by VegeBrain · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Atlantis just launched? Gee, I thought it was still at the bottom of the ocean.