Atlantis Prepared for Assembly
Following some additional tests, Atlantis will then make the journey to Launch Pad 39-A on February 14. If all goes well, the shuttle will blast off on March 15, 2007 at 6:43am EDT, beginning STS-117’s 11-day mission to the International Space Station.
Once in orbit, Atlantis will dock with the station and deliver the S3/S4 integrated truss. The truss includes two additional huge solar panels, which will give the station much more electrical generation capacity. These will be a mirror image to the panels installed in September 2006 by the crew of STS-115.
Original Source: NASA News Release
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