CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Atlantis thundered off its launchpad at Kennedy Space Center into cloudless skies Friday afternoon and headed to the International Space Station on the 32nd and final planned mission of its 25-year career.
Atlantis Lifts Off For Last Scheduled Flight
Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Fri, 05/14/2010 - 12:30am
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