Categories: Science, Technology
November 16, 2009
The space shuttle Atlantis just took off on what's planned to be an 11-day mission.
We reported earlier on the "NASAtweetup" that brought about 100 Twitter fans to the Kennedy Space Center.
Atlantis is taking spare parts to the International Space Station and will be bringing home station flight engineer Nicole Stott.
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