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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
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*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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