Stock Photo - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ With nearly 7 million pounds of thrust generated by twin solid rocket boosters and three main engines, space shuttle Atlantis races to orbit over Launch Pad 39A at NASA´s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff on its STS_129 mission came at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16. Aboard are crew members Commander Charles O. Hobaugh, Pilot Barry E. Wilmore, and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. On STS_129, the crew will deliver two Ex

Stock Photo: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With nearly 7 million pounds of thrust generated by twin solid rocket boosters and three main engines.

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