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NASA to air HD coverage of Atlantis launch

Space Shuttle Atlantis is lowered toward the High Bay 3 where it will be joined with the external tank and solid rocket boosters on the mobile launcher platform seen below the shuttle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 24, 2009. The shuttle is scheduled to launch on May 11, 2009. (UPI Photo/Cory Huston/NASA)
Space Shuttle Atlantis is lowered toward the High Bay 3 where it will be joined with the external tank and solid rocket boosters on the mobile launcher platform seen below the shuttle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 24, 2009. The shuttle is scheduled to launch on May 11, 2009. (UPI Photo/Cory Huston/NASA) | License Photo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will air live high definition TV coverage of the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the high definition feed will be available beginning Friday at 12 p.m., EDT, with live images from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch coverage begins Monday at 8:30 a.m. EDT, with liftoff slated for 2:01 p.m.

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NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information are available at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

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