After 2-Week Delay, Atlantis Lifts Off Toward Space Station

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Catapulted into space Saturday, a veteran shuttle commander now is poised to lead his crew of orbital construction workers as they resume building the international space station a rest stop along the highway of exploration.

"Any time you take off on an exploration, typically you take steps in a gradual nature," Brent Jett Jr. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said during a recent NASA interview. "It's human nature to want to explore, and I hope that the United States leads that effort."

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After 2-Week Delay, Atlantis Lifts Off Toward Space Station

Moments before blastoff, sitting atop powerful rockets with his back toward the ground and his eyes peering into space, Jett added: "It wa...

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