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Image: Space Shuttle Atlantis launching on mission STS-117

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Description: KSC-07PD-1439 - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Atlantis is a small tip on the trailing column of fire and smoke after launching on mission STS-117. Liftoff from Launch Pad 39A was on-time at 7:38:04 p.m. EDT. The shuttle is delivering a new segment to the starboard side of the International Space Station's backbone, known as the truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install the S3/S4 truss segment, deploy a set of solar arrays and prepare them for operation. STS-117 is the 118th space shuttle flight, the 21st flight to the station, the 28th flight for Atlantis and the first of four flights planned for 2007.
Title: Space Shuttle Atlantis launching on mission STS-117
Credit: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=32363
Author: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Photo courtesy of Nikon/Scott Andrews
Permission: This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-07PD-1439.
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