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The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its STS-117 crew head and a scheduled with the International Space Station.

2007-06-08

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member STS-117 crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 7:38 p.m. (EDT) on June 8, 2007. Onboard are astronauts Rick Sturckow, commander; Lee Archambault, pilot; Jim Reilly, Patrick Forrester, John "Danny" Olivas, Steven Swanson and Clayton Anderson, all mission specialists. Anderson will join Expedition 15 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the station. Atlantis will dock with the orbital outpost on Sunday, June 10, to begin a joint mission that will increase the complex's power generation capability. Using the shuttle and station robotic arms and conducting three scheduled spacewalks, the astronauts will install another set of giant solar array wings on the station and retract another array, preparing it for a future move.

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  • Title: The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its STS-117 crew head and a scheduled with the International Space Station.
  • Date Created: 2007-06-08
  • Owner: JSC
  • Album: mgwhite
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