Antenna Bolts Replaced Ahead of Shuttle Launch
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Technicians at Cape Canaveral successfully swapped out two bolts securing a communications antenna on space shuttle Atlantis because engineers thought they were too short.
The last-minute change-out wasn’t expected to affect the schedule for Atlantis’ planned launch next Sunday on a mission to resume construction on the International Space Station.
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