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The launch of the space shuttle Atlantis (9 images)
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The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Six astronauts are headed to the international space station on an 11-day mission. (AP Photo/Terrn Renna )
Standing in the shade near Bayshore Boulevard, Rick Parker,left, Susan Huppert, Jessica Thomas, Samantha Thomas and Karen Deauseault react as the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on Monday afternoon at 2:28 p.m. Coincidentally, Samantha Thomas, held by her mother Jessica, was celebrating her first birthday on Monday - born at 2:29 p.m. - coincidentally about the same moment the shuttle came into view on the distant horizon. Atlantis is on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. [DANIEL WALLACE, Times]
The solid booster rockets seperate from the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-129 as it flies through the atmosphere after blasting off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Atlantis is on its way to the International Space Station. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
People watch as NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-129 lifts off of launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts are scheduled for an 11 day mission to deliver vital equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. (Photo by Matt Stroshane/Getty Images)
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis and its six member crew are heading for an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Space Shuttle Atlanits lifts off of launch pad 39-a at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts are scheduled for an 11 day mission to deliver vital equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. (Photo by Matt Stroshane/Getty Images)
Members of the media document as the Rotating Service Structure is rolled back from Space Shuttle Atlantis on launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center on November 15, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A photo provided by NASA shows the space shuttle Atlantis on launch pad 39a of the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
Space Shuttle Atlantis sits on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Atlantis is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than November 16. (Photo by Matt Stroshane/Getty Images)
