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asher553 ([personal profile] asher553) wrote2006-09-09 10:08 am
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Space shuttle flies.

Yay!

http://www.physorg.com/news77025301.html

"Shuttle Atlantis roared into space soaring toward the International Space Station for the first construction mission since the 2003 Columbia tragedy.

The shuttle blasted off in a cloud of white smoke and reached orbit about nine minutes later with six astronauts aboard and a cargo containing two huge solar panels to generate more power for the ISS. ..."

Coolness. Now let's get hot on that moon thing.