Atlantis lifts off as space shuttle program continues to wind down

Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off Monday afternoon from Kennedy Space
Center in Florida, beginning an 11-day mission to the International Space
Station (ISS). The orbiter's six-member crew will deliver some 13 metric
tons of parts to the station as NASA wraps up its final scheduled shuttle
launches and seeks to complete construction of the station. After
Atlantis's mission, designated STS-129 , only five planned shuttle
launches remain. And today's launch marks the start of the last shuttle
mission for 2009.











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