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Archive Home > 2011 > July > 03 > NASA counts down; uncertainty climbs

NASA counts down; uncertainty climbs

By Joel Achenbach / The Bulletin
July 3, 2011

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The last shuttle, Atlantis, sits on Pad 39A, ready for its valedictory flight.

It is the nature of a shuttle to look kind of lonely out there on the pad, kept at a safe remove from the control room, the hangars, the observation platforms. The pad is not far from the beach,....

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