The shuttle blasted off at 2:28 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 39A at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla…Commander Charlie Hobaugh lead the
six-member crew on the STS-129 resupply mission to ferry about 27,250 pounds worth of spare parts to the station…Among the large parts packed onto the shuttle are spare high-pressure gas tanks, pumps, power units and battery supplies, as well as parts for the station's robotic arm. The equipment is loaded into two massive platforms due to be installed on the station's backbone-like metal truss. The delivery should help set up the
orbiting laboratory to continue to run after the space shuttles stop flying…Monday’s launch marked the start of NASA’s 129th shuttle mission since the fleet began flying in 1981, as well as the 31st liftoff for Atlantis.
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