Conditions right for shuttle launch: NASA

NASA on Tuesday said conditions were right for this week's launch of the shuttle Atlantis, as it prepared for its mission to deliver a European-built space laboratory to the orbiting International Space Station. "Our preparations ... are going exceptionally well for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis to the ISS," NASA official Steve Paine told reporters, adding that there were so far "no technical issues" to impede a smooth liftoff Thursday. More

(Source: AFP - Dec 5)