Atlantis space shuttle is ready to take off on August 27

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Space Agency NASA has just confirmed that the Atlantis space shuttle is ready to take off from August 27 in the first mission in order to resume the construction of the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia International Space Station.

According to Bill Gerstenmaier in charge of NASA's space operations, the shuttle launch time was confirmed after a general inspection by NASA, while the space shuttle Discovery returned to Earth on July 17. 2006, successfully implemented the mission lasting 13 days.

The mission of Atlantis will be the first mission to carry out the ISS assembly work starting in December 2002. The crew on the shuttle will provide and install a 17.5-ton structure connecting European and Japanese laboratories in the coming missions.

Astronauts will carry and install a pair of giant solar antennas with pimples and electronic devices. Their mission will last 11 days with 3 space walks.

NASA expects 16 flights from now until 2011 to complete the ISS assembly. The next mission with the Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled for next December.

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