Atlantis Lifts Off With Russian Module

By Mark Carreau mark.carreau@gmail.com
HOUSTON

The shuttle Atlantis lifted off Friday on the last scheduled flight of the 25-year-old orbiter, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station to deliver the Russian “Rassvet” docking and research module and carry out communications and power system upgrades with three spacewalks.

Atlantis lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...

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