Extra Shuttle Mission Favored Date Moves Up
By Mark Carreau
HOUSTON — Internal NASA thinking on the timing of the agency’s hoped-for STS-135 space shuttle mission using the Atlantis orbiter has taken a U-turn, with most now favoring the manifested June 28 launch date.
The 11-day supply mission to the International Space Station would mark the end of the 30-year shuttle program. Until recently, NASA station program officials were urging ...
