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Urgent: NASA selects Aug. 27 to launch Atlantis

www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-17 05:35:22

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- NASA announced on Wednesday that it will launch the space shuttle Atlantis on Aug. 27.

This will be the first shuttle mission in more than three years aimed at resuming construction of the International Space Station. Enditem

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