Shuttle Atlantis lifts off to deliver pivotal truss to station

The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off for the latest station assembly mission at 4:45 p.m. EDT April 8, after workers at Kennedy Space Center spent the weekend fixing a hydrogen vent line leak on the vehicle's mobile launch platform. During STS-110, the 13th shuttle flight to the International Space...

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