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The crew of space shuttle Discovery, from left, commander Steve Lindsey, pilot Eric Boe, mission specialist’s Alvin Drew, Tim Kopra, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott attend a news conference in front of the shuttle on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. Discovery is scheduled to launch Nov. 1. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Photographers take photos of space shuttle Discovery at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Discovery is scheduled to launch on Nov. 1. (AP Photo/John Raoux) The external fuel tank for the last scheduled space shuttle flight is transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building, back right, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The tank is designated for space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission scheduled to launch in Feb. 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux) The space shuttle Atlantis is towed towards the orbiter processing facility Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Atlantis and her crew of six astronauts wrapped up a 12-day mission. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) NASA safety workers check for toxic gases after the space shuttle Atlantis landed on Kennedy Space Center’s runway 33 Wednesday, May 26, 2010, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool) Space shuttle Atlantis touches down for the last time on Kennedy Space Center’s runway 33 Wednesday, May 26, 2010, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) Moisture trails off the wings on the space shuttle Atlantis as she comes in to land at Kennedy Space Center’s runway 33 Wednesday, May 26, 2010, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) Space shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image provided by NASA and photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their relative separation Sunday May 23, 2010. Atlantis returned home early Wednesday morning May 26, 2010. (AP Photo/NASA) This image provided by NASA shows the mobile launcher platform, supporting space shuttle Atlantis, has been secured over the flame trench on the pad’s pedestals, Thursday April 22, 2010. Atlantis is scheduled to launch May 14 at 2:19 p.m. (AP photo/NASA) The space shuttle Discovery lands on Kennedy Space Center’s Runway 33 on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (AP Photo/Pierre DuCharme, Pool) This image, obtained via Twitter, and taken by astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard the International Space Station, shows the Sahara Desert, the first view out of the cupola’s windows on the observation deck of the Tranquility module station early Wednesday morning Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/NASA via Twitter) In this image provided by NASA, astronaut Nicholas Patrick participates in extravehicular activity as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the spacewalk, Patrick and fellow astronaut Robert Behnken removed insulation blankets and launch restraint bolts from each of the Cupola’s seven windows. (AP Photo/NASA) This image provided by NASA shows the silhouette of the space shuttle Endeavour in a very unique setting over Earth’s colorful horizon photographed by an Expedition 22 crew member prior to STS-130 rendezvous and docking operations with the International Space Station Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)
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Uspješno lansiran raketoplan Atlantis Atlantis će tijekom misije na Međunarodnu svemirsku postaju dopremiti dva kontejnera s rezervnim dijelovima Američki raketoplan Atlantis u ponedjeljak je uspješno lansiran iz Svemirskog centra Kennedy u Cape Canaveralu na Floridi, u posljednju ovogodišnju misiju prema Međunarodnoj svemirskoj postaji (ISS). Atlantis i njegova šestočlana posada krenuli su u 11-dnevnu misiju, tijekom koje će na ISS dopremiti dva velika kontejnera s rezervnim dijelovima teška više od 12 tona, koja će u tri svemirske šetnje pričvrstiti na vanjske platforme orbitalne postaje. Nakon što se vrijema popravilo, a oblaci se razišli nad Cape Canaveralom, Atlantis je lansiran točno u previđeno vrijeme u 14.28 sati, po istočnoameričkom vremenu, a do uspinjanja u orbitu oko Zemlje trebalo mu je osam i pol minuta. Atlantis je u svemir poletio sa šest astronauta, umjesto uobičajenih sedam, jer sa ISS-a na Zemlju treba vratiti dva astronauta, objavila je američka svemirska agencija NASA. Lansiranje Atlantisa je dosad 129. misija u programu 'space shuttle' i posljednja u ovoj godini. Tijekom iduće godina NASA predviđa još pet misija raketoplana do ISS-a, sve radi dopreme velikih rezervnih dijelova, koje nakon gašenja programa 'space shuttle' neće biti moguće dopremiti. Godina 2010. predviđena je kao posljednja u programu 'space shuttle', koji bi trebao naslijediti NASA-in program Constellation, temeljen na raketi Ares. Jedan od problema koji će misija Atlantisa rješavati je pokvareni sustav za recikliranje urina, dio sustava za recikliranje otpadne vode na ISS-u. Sustav ima mehanički kvar pa je odlučeno da ga se vrati na Zemlju radi popravka. U međuvremenu, ISS će imati ograničene mogućnosti recikliranja vode, ali to ne bi trebalo predstavljati problem za astronaute, kazali su dužnosnici NASA-e. (hina/metro-portal)