Shuttle Program Prepares To Shut Down
By Mark Carreau, Irene Klotz
Houston, Cape Canaveral
The shuttle Atlantis is poised for its final scheduled mission—the delivery of a compact Russian docking and laboratory module to the International Space Station.
Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center is set for May 14 at 2:20 p.m. EDT initiating a 12-day flight.
The spacecraft’s six-man crew has trained to deliver ...
