Atlantis en Route to Space Station

Atlantis en route to space station

After two months of delay, shuttle Atlantis blasted off Thursday with Europe's gift to the international space station, a $2 billion science lab named Columbus that spent years waiting to set sail. Atlantis and its seven-man crew roared away at 2:45 p.m., overcoming fuel gauge problems that thwarted back-to-back launch attempts in December. full story