News conferences and other events have been set for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-110, the 109th launch in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-110 will launch between 2 – 6 p.m.

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Hear from keynote speaker Astronaut Curt Brown, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and veteran of six space shuttle missions. Brown joined NASA in 1987 and logged more than 1,383 hours in space across ...

1. The previous attempt was a "botched launch". A sensor problem was detected in one of a quad-redundant sensor which wouldn't have been used in the flight anyway.<BR><BR>2. The hydrogen fuel low ...

A veteran of seven spaceflights, Jerry Ross spent more than 1,393 hours in space, including 58 hours, 18 minutes on nine spacewalks. When he retired from NASA in 2012, Ross was the only person to have ...