NASA Green Lights June 8 Launch for Atlantis

NASA officials have given the green light for an early June launch of the space shuttle Atlantis to deliver new solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS).

Atlantis is set to lift off on June 8 at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT). The decision was made following a one and a half day Flight Readiness Review meeting by mission managers and engineers.

STS-117 will see the delivery of the second and third starboard truss segments (S3/S4) and a new pair of solar arrays to the space station, which will be installed during three planned spacewalks. The STS-117 solar arrays are the third of four U.S.-built power-generating wings to launch towards the ISS before the station's planned completion in 2010.

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