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Rockdale High School grad blasts off with space shuttle

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off Wednesday with the most expensive and pivotal piece of the international space station: a $1.4 billion science laboratory.The shuttle and its crew of five soared into a clear sky at 6:13 p.m., with a rising full moon in the background and the setting sun turning the exhaust trail a beautiful gold and peach. The plume cast a rainbow-like shadow that seemed to stretch all the way to the moon.Commanding Atlantis is 1968 Rockdale High School graduate Ken Cockrell, who has logged more than 906 hours in space
 
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