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Article: United States : STS-129 ready for launch on November 16.
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- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: datta03
The spare parts delivered to the International Space Station by Atlantis during the STS-129 mission will mean spare years on the station s life once the space shuttle fleet is retired.
With only one U.S. module left to deliver, the Space Shuttle Program is turning its attention to helping the space station build up a store of replacement parts. There are only half a dozen flights left in the shuttle s manifest before they stop flying, and as the only vehicle large enough to carry many of the big pieces of equipment into space, several of the flights are devoted to the task. This is the first, however, and as the first this mission is ...