Atlantis Shuttle Astronauts Prepare for Nov. 16 Launch

The six astronauts preparing to blast off on the space shuttle Atlantis Monday have arrived at NASA's Florida spaceport to prepare for launch. The crewmembers flew to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 12:35 p.m. Thursday on a modified from a Gulfstream jet with just four days remaining before their planned launch into space. "It's a real honor and pleasure to be here," commander Charlie Hobaugh said just after disembarking. "This has been obviously the culmination of at least nine months of us being together as a crew." More

(Source: Space.com - Nov 13)