A view from remote site PD3 as ignition starts on Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN
A view from remote site 6 as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds down the hydrogen pipe line at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN
A view from remote site 6 as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds down the hydrogen pipe line at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN
A view from remote site PD3 as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN
A view from remote site 1 as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER
A view from remote site 1 as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER
A view from remote site PD3 as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN
A view from remote site PD @ as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER
A view from remote site 4 as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER
A view from remote site 4 as Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off through the clouds at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN
Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an eleven day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN
Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 16 November 2009.The STS-129 crew is Commanded by Charlie Hobaugh along with Pilot Barry Wilmore, Mission Specialists Leland Melvin Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman and Bobby Satcher. The six astronauts will travel to the International Space Station on an 11-day mission to deliver spare parts and experiments and is scheduled to return on 27 November 2009. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER
Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-129 lifts off at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 16 November 2009. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission will travel to the International Space Station on an elevan day mission with a scheduled return on 27 November 2009. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN
