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Nasa: Atlantis count down started

Washington, Usa - The spacecraft maybe to take off today

The Us shuttle Atlantis could lift off today from the Floridian Kennedy space center in Cape Canaveral thus coming back to service after a few week stop. The Atlantis, as well as its "brothers" Columbia, Discovery and Endeavour have been grounded after fuel lines just above the main engines were found to be cracked in all four ships. The launch could be anyway post poned if tropical storm Lili, at...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 34155
Rome, Italy, 10/02/2002 10:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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