NASA Tests Last Shuttle Fuel Tank

By Irene Klotz .

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA tested the modified fuel tank for space shuttle Atlantis’s upcoming launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on June 15, as preparations continued toward a July 8 liftoff for the 135th and final mission of NASA’s space shuttle program.

The extra fueling test of Atlantis’s external tank, ...

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