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	Space Shuttle Atlantis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) is one of the space shuttle fleet belonging to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
		Atlantis was chosen for early decommissioning to avoid a costly overhaul process that was slated to begin in 2008.
		The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis landing in 1997.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis (816 words)

	Bad Weather Delays Atlantis Launch
		The US space shuttle Atlantis remains on launch pad 39-A after the launch was scrubbed due to high cross winds on the emergency landing runway 24 April 2000 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
		The shuttle is to take seven astronauts to the International Space Station to prepare it to be joined to the Russian service module Zvezda in July, and to load it with equipment for use by crews arriving later in the year.
		The mission will feature a six-hour space walk in which two astronauts, Jeffrey Williams and James Voss, are to install a crane and security rails to the exterior of the station, repair an antenna, and lock down another crane that was not properly attached during a mission last June.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/shuttle-00r.html (515 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| STS-115 Shuttle Report \| Mission Status Center
		The two flapper doors on the belly of Atlantis are being swung closed to shield the umbilicals that had connected to the external fuel tank.
		Atlantis is 225 miles northeast of the launch pad at an altitude of 65 miles, traveling at 7,000 mph.
		Atlantis' three main engines are throttling down to reduce the aerodynamic stresses on the vehicle as it powers through the dense lower atmosphere.
	www.spaceflightnow.com /shuttle/sts115/status.html (4084 words)

	NASA postpones launch of space shuttle Atlantis
		The second flight of space shuttle Columbia in 1981 was delayed because of a low pressure reading on an oxygen tank that fueled a cell.
		In 1995, space shuttle Endeavour's launch was delayed eight days so workers could remove and replace a bad fuel cell that was registering higher than allowable temperatures.
		If the shuttle doesn't get into space this week, NASA is considering relaxing a rule that Atlantis be launched in daylight, which would allow the space agency to make another attempt at the end of September or early October.
	www.suntimes.com /output/news/nasa06.html (679 words)

	USATODAY.com - NASA to try shuttle launch on Friday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said Thursday evening that the risk of launching the shuttle today is smaller than the risk of replacing the suspect part, a motor that pumps coolant to one of Atlantis' fuel cells.
		Only the shuttle is brawny enough to carry the station's massive girders and laboratories into orbit, yet the shuttle is due to retire in four years.
		Space Shuttle Atlantis sits on launch pad 39B after its scheduled launch was delayed Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2006-09-07-shuttle-atlantis_x.htm?csp=34 (709 words)

	CNN.com - Is the shuttle worth it? - Feb. 5, 2003
		The space shuttle Atlantis was to roll out to the launch pad this week for a trip to the international space station.
		Shuttles have instead averaged about five launches a year, and NASA was way off on the cost.
		In recent years most shuttle crews flew with giant pieces of hardware and attached them to the station, but the fatal Columbia mission was a rare throwback to the science days.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/space/02/05/sprj.colu.shuttle.future/index.html (1177 words)

	Atlantis space shuttle readies for docking with space station
		Atlantis' crew of five astronauts will be the second group of visitors to come aboard Alpha since station commander Bill Shepherd and his two Russian crewmates began their four-month mission on the station Nov. 2.
		After the two crews meet, they will transfer various supplies from the shuttle to the space station, including food, water, computers and some outfitting equipment such as computer hard drives and cables needed to activate Destiny when it is mounted onto the station.
		Atlantis' astronauts spent their first full day in orbit on Thursday checking their spacesuits and the shuttle robot arm, in preparation for Saturday's spacewalk.
	www.chron.com /content/interactive/space/missions/sts-098/stories/20010209.html (464 words)

	Space.com: Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery Space Shuttle
		Atlantis is slated to launch six STS-115 astronauts — commanded by veteran shuttle flyer Brent Jett — on a construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:15 a.m.
		Shuttle Atlantis' hatch has been sealed in preparation for its scheduled late morning space shot today despite the likely possibility that the launch will be scrubbed due to a malfunctioning fuel tank sensor.
		Atlantis’ STS-115 mission is expected to deliver a $371.8 million pair of massive trusses and new solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS).
	www.space.com /spaceshuttle/index.html (6166 words)

	CNN.com - Shuttle races to space station rendezvous - July 13, 2001
		The shuttle was originally expected to fly in June, but technical problems with the new robotic arm on Alpha forced NASA to postpone the mission.
		The Canadian-built robot arm, which another shuttle crew delivered in April, is necessary to move the 6.5-ton aluminum portal and four smaller pressurized gas chambers from Atlantis to Alpha.
		The cameras are designed to film the shuttle cargo bay and the space station interior for the upcoming "Space Station," a six-story screen IMAX movie that should debut in the spring.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/TECH/space/07/12/atlantis.launch (547 words)

	USATODAY.com - Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The shuttle rose from its seaside pad under tight post-Sept. 11 security, carrying six astronauts and a 14-ton girder that will be installed on the international space station later this week.
		Mission Control told Atlantis' crew that the first two minutes of footage were "nothing short of spectacular." But the camera picked up debris when the shuttle's rocket boosters dropped away, and the rest of the pictures were foggy.
		Atlantis should have flown in August but was sidelined by hairline cracks in the pipes that carry hydrogen fuel to the main engines.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002-10-07-atlantis-launch_x.htm (683 words)

	USATODAY.com - Glitch pushes back shuttle launch; window of opportunity shrinking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Shuttle officials want to satisfy themselves that the problem will not crop up in the two other cells and that it will not cause the one cell to shut down.
		Atlantis' launch has already been delayed for more than a week by a lightning strike on the launchpad and a tropical storm.
		Unless Atlantis launches Friday or Saturday, it will be grounded until late September at the earliest because of the need to avoid a conflict with a Russian spaceship also headed to the space station.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2006-09-06-atlantis-shuttle_x.htm (653 words)

	After 2 weeks of delays, Atlantis blasts off for space station
		Atlantis carried one of the heaviest payloads ever launched into space — a 17 1/2 ton truss section that will be added to the half-built space station.
		Atlantis' weight was so much that it only had a crew of six, instead of the usual seven astronauts.
		The space agency plans 14 more shuttle flights besides the Atlantis mission to complete the space station before the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010 and NASA turns its attention to flying to the moon and Mars.
	www.statesman.com /metrostate/content/gen/ap/Space_Shuttle.html (858 words)

	Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (OV-104)
		Atlantis, the fourth orbiter to become operational at Kennedy Space Center, was named after the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts from 1930 to 1966.
		The spaceship Atlantis has carried on the spirit of the sailing vessel with several important voyages of its own, including the Galileo planetary explorer mission in 1989 and the deployment of the Arthur Holley Compton Gamma Ray Observatory in 1991.
		Atlantis benefited from lessons learned in the construction and testing of Enterprise, Columbia and Challenger.
	science.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/resources/orbiters/atlantis.html (460 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Space Shuttle Atlantis
		Atlantis is commonly refered to as OV-104, for Orbiter Vehicle-104.
		The Experience gained during the Orbiter assembly process also enabled Atlantis to be completed with a 49.5 percent reduction in man hours (compared to Columbia).
		During the construction of Discovery and Atlantis, NASA opted to have the various contractors manufacture a set of 'structural spares' to facilitate the repair of an Orbiter if one was damaged during an accident.
	www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/resources/orbiters/atlantis.html (473 words)

	Space: The Space Shuttle Atlantis
		Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts plugged four fresh batteries into the international space station on Wednesday, a job that required a hammer, chisel and brute force.
		The space shuttle Atlantis is set to head for the International Space Station on Friday, beginning an intense push to finish the long-delayed orbital research outpost.
		As five military officers on the space shuttle Atlantis orbit the earth on a secret mission, a debate is growing in the United States over how much secrecy is necessary in the civilian-run space program and what the military's role in it should be.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/national/science/atlantis-index.html (732 words)

	Atlantis
		Atlantis, the forth orbiter to become operational at Kennedy Space Center, was named after the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts from 1930 to 1966.
		NASA's first Shuttle mission of 1997 came to a close with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center at 14:22 GMT on January 22 (after the first opportunity was waved off due to cloud cover at the Cape).
		Atlantis undocked from Mir at 17:28 GMT on October 3 and conducted a flyaround focused on the damaged Spektr Module to determine the location of the puncture in its hull.
	www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/craft/atlantis.htm (2651 words)

	SPACE.com -- Shuttle Atlantis Launches
		As it stands, Atlantis is scheduled to pull away from the station around 11 p.m.
		Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch 16 days later on October 5 -- with the first piece of the stations girder-like backbone.
		Seven more shuttle missions will follow by November 2001 to add key components such as power-producing solar wings and a U.S. lab that will serve as the scientific hub of the station.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/sts106_launchday_000908.html (894 words)

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		The U.S. space agency had planned to launch Atlantis on Wednesday on the first construction mission to the International Space Station since the 2003 Columbia disaster, but a problem in a motor inside one of the shuttle's onboard fuel cells prompted managers to delay the launch.
		If Atlantis does not fly on Friday, NASA had agreed to delay the mission so that Russia could proceed with its launch of a Soyuz spacecraft that will ferry a new crew to the space station, along with an Iranian-born American entrepreneur, Anousheh Ansari.
		The power problem, a voltage spike in one of the three fuel cells on the shuttle, was found shortly before the shuttle was to be loaded with a half-million gallons of propellants for launch on Wednesday.
	today.reuters.co.uk /news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-08T003249Z_01_N07304456_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SPACE-SHUTTLE.xml&archived=False (291 words)

	Space Shuttle Atlantis Articles, Resource And Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Space officials have postponed the launch of the next component of the international space station by at least several weeks.
		Space shuttle atlantis shuttle orbiter atlantis an independent agency of the united states government responsible for aviation.
		Oct. 7, 2002 space shuttle atlantis launches from kennedy space center, fla., to begin sts 112, a mission to deliver the s1 truss to the international space station.
	www.space-exploration-source.info /space-shuttle-atlantis.html (1168 words)

	SPACE.com -- Launch Day: Space Shuttle Atlantis Ready to Fly
		Brent Jett in command, Atlantis’ STS-115 astronaut crew is set to rocket toward the ISS at 12:28:46 p.m.
		Atlantis’ STS-115 crew is hauling the 17.5-ton Port 3/Port 4 (P3/P4) truss segments to the ISS along with a pair of expansive solar arrays to build up the outpost’s power grid.
		Three spacewalks are planned during Atlantis’ 11-day STS-115 mission to install the new portside trusses and deploy the solar panels, which will have a wingspan of about 240 feet once unfurled.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/060906_sts115_prelaunch.html (1087 words)

	GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Space News and Space Information
		Atlantis Begins Mission to ISS NASA 09 Sep 2006 -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew are on their way to the International Space Station
		Space Shuttle Launch Postponed VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- NASA postponed the scheduled launch of the space shuttle due to a technical problem.
		Space Command and new triad AFPN 17 Aug 2006 -- Strategic deterrence, securing the space domain and recapitalizing on a lesser budget are the priorities for the Air Force Space Command commander.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/index.html (1467 words)

	KSC Fact Sheet "NASA's Orbiter Fleet"
		Atlantis is named after a two-masted sailing ship that was operated for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute from 1930 to 1966.
		Authorization to construct the fifth Space Shuttle orbiter as a replacement for Challenger was granted by Congress on August 1, 1987.
		Then, the assembled Space Shuttle vehicle is carried to the launch pad by a large tracked vehicle called the crawler-transporter.
	www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov /kscpao/nasafact/orbiters.htm (1231 words)

	Science News - Space Shuttle Atlantis - Space & Cosmos - New York Times
		By WARREN E. The space shuttle Atlantis took off on a mission to resume construction of the International Space Station for the first time since the Columbia disaster.
		NASA decided to try to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, after a delay caused by a lightning strike and the threat of bad weather.
		After weeks of delays, the space shuttle Atlantis is on its way to the International Space Station.
	www.nytimes.com /pages/science/space/index.html (682 words)

	Boeing: NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis to Continue Assembly of International Space Station on 10-day Mission
		KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla, April 24, 2000 -- A new "glass cockpit" that increases Shuttle safety by improving the display of key information about ascent and entry mission performance is one of more than 100 significant improvements Space Shuttle Atlantis will debut during its upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
		Other improvements in Atlantis include an update to the communications system; enhancements to the cooling system; strengthening of the crew cabin floor; and a relocation of the airlock to the payload bay to prepare for ISS assembly flights.
		Since 1992, improvements in the Space Shuttle Main Engines and other systems have reduced the estimated risks during launch by more than 80 percent, and the annual cost of operating each Shuttle has decreased by 40 percent.
	www.boeing.com /defense-space/space/nasasystems/news/2000/news_release_000424h.html (606 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| STS-112 Mission Report \| Atlantis returns home; Soyuz launch to station in question
		The shuttle Atlantis dropped out of a beautiful fall sky today and settled to a slightly windy touchdown on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center to close out an 11-day space station assembly mission spanning 170 orbits and 4.5 million miles since blastoff Oct. 7.
		Looking fit and in good spirits, the Atlantis astronauts thanked ground workers during a quick walk-around inspection of their shuttle before heading to crew quarters and reunions with friends and family members.
		The international space station was sailing 249 miles above the southern Indian Ocean as Atlantis was landing half a world away, its three-person crew busy stowing supplies and equipment ferried to the outpost by the shuttle crew.
	www.spaceflightnow.com /station/sts112/021018landing (1660 words)

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