This is a previous Atlantis launch. We may not see another one of these until May.
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Altantis Receives "Go" on Launch
News story originally written on September 25, 1997
NASA is sending astronaut David Wolf to the space station Mir. He will travel there on the space shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis will be launched on September 25 at 10:34 p.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Some people do not want to send Wolf to Mir because Mir has had a lot of problems lately. Many experts have checked out the safety of the Mir space station. They are certain that sending Wolf to Mir is the right decision.
The space shuttle Atlantis will dock with the space station. Then there will be a tunnel between Mir and the shuttle Atantis. New supplies, water, and science experiments will be brought from Atlantis onto Mir.
David Wolf is excited about his stay on Mir. He will stay on Mir for the next four months.
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