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Shuttle Atlantis blasting from NASA




When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on NASA's final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, the shuttle Endeavour and a four-man crew will be standing by for launch on a mission space agency managers hope will never be needed: an emergency rescue flight to bring the Atlantis astronauts back to Earth if heat shield damage or some other problem prevents a safe re-entry.

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One response to “Shuttle Atlantis blasting from NASA”

Sonja Dupor said...
May 20, 2009 at 12:49 PM

That sounds scary. Is it true that all astronauts and their crews carry "suicide pills" just in case?

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