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Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off

Weather doesn't delay mission to international space station after all

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 7, 2008 2:11 PM CST

(Newser) – After bad weather prompted worries of a further delay, US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted into space today, the AP reports. NASA had feared the same cold front that ravaged the South with tornadoes would push the launch to tomorrow, or later. Aboard, with seven... Read full story »

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