CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis roared off its seaside Florida launch pad on Saturday after two weeks of delays, setting the stage for NASA to resume assembly of the International Space Station.
The shuttle's fuel tank appeared to shed at least two pieces of insulating foam during the climb into orbit, one of which may have struck Atlantis, but Mission Control said it was unlikely to have caused any damage.
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