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Nasa: the four shuttles shortly back at work

Cape Canaveral, Usa - After months of maintenance

The day when the four spacecraft of the Us National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Nasa) could be ready to take off once again nears. For months the four shuttles - Atlantis, Columbia, Discovery and Endeavour - in fact, have been grounded for some months because of maintenance works. Yesterday one of them, Atlantis, has been put on the launching pad at Cape Canaveral aerospace center. Next launch is...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 33323
Rome, Italy, 09/11/2002 16:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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