Shuttle Launch Set for Today
From Times Wire Reports
As the International Space Station circles Earth, losing orbit, short on power and months away from being habitable, NASA prepared to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on a mission that promised to be part progress and part rescue. Atlantis and its crew of six Americans and one Russian are scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today. Inside the shuttle’s cargo bay were more than 2,000 pounds of supplies, from smoke detectors to an exercise treadmill.
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