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By John Johnson Jr. / The Bulletin
May 12, 2009
The space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted off Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a challenging 11-day mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
The shuttle and its seven-person crew lifted off on schedule at 11 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, reaching space after an....