Targets June Launch; Hale Says Four Missions In
2007 Possible
NASA is targeting June 8 as the next possible launch opportunity
for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-117 mission to the International
Space Station. The decision to delay the launch until June is based
on the progress in repairing insulating foam on the shuttle's
external fuel tank, which was damaged during a sudden hail storm
February 26 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, FL.
US space tourist Charles Simonyi arrived at the International
Space Station and said he was "blown away.". During a news
conference from space on Tuesday, the software billionaire said the
station looked like a theater production when he and two Russian
cosmonauts arrived aboard a Russian spacecraft the day before.
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