Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Countdown Begins for Shuttle Mission
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
NASA began the countdown for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as workers patched a cracked floor beam. Mike Leinbach, NASA test director, said the repair was routine and would not delay the liftoff. Atlantis is scheduled to blast off with a crew of five astronauts and a communications satellite Wednesday at 7:55 a.m. PDT.
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