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SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS CREW HEADS TO LAUNCH PAD AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA

Commander Fred Sturckow (R), leading STS-117 crew members (R to L) Lee Archambault, Steven Swanson, Patrick Forrester, Clay Anderson, John Olivas and James Reilly walk out from the O&C Building at 3:45 PM at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 8, 2007. NASA is making final preparations to launch the shuttle Atlantis at 7:38 PM. Atlantis will fly an eleven day mission to the International Space Station.(UPI Photo/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell)

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