Astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center.

From: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) | Date: August 24, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Michael Cabbage

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ The six astronauts who will travel aboard shuttle Atlantis arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday as the countdown began ticking toward their launch.

The crew is scheduled to lift off at 4:29 p.m. Sunday on an 11-day construction flight to the international space station. NASA is calling the mission, which will attach a pair of solar arrays to the outpost, one of the most challenging in the program's history.

Atlantis commander and Navy Capt. Brent Jett told a crowd at Kennedy Space Center's shuttle runway that his ...

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