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Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-115
Original caption: Liftoff is mirrored in a pond as Space Shuttle Atlantis roars into the sky on mission STS-115. After attempts were scrubbed Aug. 27 & 29 and Sept. 3 & 8 due to weather and technical concerns, the launch was executed perfectly at 11:14 a.m. EDT. Mission STS-115 is the 116th space shuttle flight, the 27th flight for orbiter Atlantis, and the 19th U.S. flight to the International Space Station. During the mission, Atlantis' astronauts delivered the 17.5-ton bus-sized P3/P4 integrated truss segment. --- Image by © Scott Andrews/Science Faction/Corbis