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