“Space, the final frontier…To boldly go where no man has gone before…”—Captain Kirk, Star TrekYesterday, the space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts launched “on spectacular plumes of gold-tipped smoke … carrying Europe’s primary contribution to the International Space Station – the Columbus science laboratory” according to NASA. “The lab is filled with [...]
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NASA Launches Atlantis—Friday Feature
February 8th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Tags: Atlantis launch · Columbus lab · European Space Agency · International Space Station · NASA · Nasa space program · space exploration · space shuttle
