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Dress rehearsal for space shuttle launch

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-08-10 08:37

The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis stands in front of the shuttle on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 9, 2006. They are (L to R) commander Brent Jett, pilot Christopher Ferguson, mission specialist Daniel Burbank, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Steven MacLean and mission specialists Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Joseph Tanner. The crew is at Kennedy Space Center for a dress rehearsal for the upcoming launch on August 27. [Reuters]