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Feb 22, 2007 9:29 am US/Mountain

Shuttle Atlantis Crew Begins Training For Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CBS) ― The crew of the next space shuttle flight is in Florida in preparation for a launch to the International Space Station in March.

The six member crew of the Atlantis arrived at the Kennedy Space Center to begin training.

The training will cover what the astronauts should do in case of an emergency during the launch.

Three of the astronauts will be flying for the first time in space, including pilot Lee Archambault.

Atlantis is to launch on March 15th for an 11-day mission to continue construction of the international space station.

The astronauts plan to take at least three spacewalks, unfurl a new pair of solar arrays and fold up an old pair of solar wings. They also will deliver the heaviest space station section to the orbiting outpost yet -- a 35-thousand-pound truss segment.

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