Space Shuttle Launch Rescheduled

SHUTTLE NEWS

Atlantis on the pad before the last launch.

by Staff Writers
UPI Correspondent
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Jan 29, 2007
NASA says the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station on mission STS-117 will occur March 15 -- one day earlier than planned. NASA officials at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida said the orbiter is scheduled to move to the Vehicle Assembly Building Feb. 7 for mating with the external tank and solid rocket boosters. NASA said the canister that holds the space station's S3/S4 solar arrays has been "fit tested" and is to be transported to the pad Feb. 18.

The crew of that shuttle flight -- STS-117 -- will continue constructing the space station, installing a new truss segment, retracting a set of existing solar arrays and unfolding a new set on the starboard side of the station.

The team will be commanded by Frederick Sturckow, a veteran of two shuttle missions, while Lee Archambault will be making his first flight as the shuttle's pilot. Astronauts James Reilly and Patrick Forrester will be returning to the station, with Steven Swanson and John Olivas making their first flight into space.

Source: United Press International

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IRAQ WARS

Time Is Short For Iraq Turnaround

Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2007
US forces are running up against the clock in implementing a badly-needed new strategy in Iraq, the admiral who is set to take over the command of US forces in the Middle East said Tuesday. "I believe the situation in Iraq can be turned around but time is short," Admiral William Fallon told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "There are no guarantees but you can depend on me for my best effort."

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