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Space shuttle Atlantis races to orbit from Launch Pad 39A on a perfect Florida afternoon at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Florida, USA --- Space shuttle Atlantis races to orbit from Launch Pad 39A on a perfect Florida afternoon at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff on its STS-129 mission came at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16. Aboard are crew members Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot Barry E. Wilmore; and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. On STS-129, the crew will deliver two Express Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station. --- Image by © Scott Andrews/SuperStock/Corbis