CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CNN) -- Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center Friday evening on an 11-day mission to the international space station.
"And liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis to assemble the framework for the science laboratories of tomorrow," said NASA spokesman George Diller as the orbiter raced to space.
The mission was originally scheduled for mid-March but a hailstorm damaged the shuttle's fuel tank and the launch was pushed back to June to allow time for needed repairs.
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