The Florida weather cooperated today, and spac shuttle Atlantis was just successfully launched. The mission, STS-122, will deliver the Columbus laboratory module to the ISS.
The launch itself seemed to be textbook, and. at least on the Fox News Channel, extremely well covered by television. FNC stayed with images of Atlantis through the period of powered flight, first watching the ascent, and then, from a camera onboard Atlantis, watching main engine cutoff and the separation of the external tank from the orbiter.
From that first, quick look, the underbelly of Atlantis looked extremely clean. NASA and the crew, of course, will soon make a detailed inspection of the orbiter's heat shield tiles.
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