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Shuttle Atlantis to lift off (maybe) today

Cape Canaveral, Usa - After the postponement due to hurricane Lili

Today, the Us spacecraft Atlantis should finally lift off to space from the Kennedy space center in Cape Canaveral (Florida). The space shuttle by Nasa was scheduled to depart as of last Wednesday but the launch has been then postponed as hurricane "Lili" was heading towards Cape Canaveral. (007)

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