NASA starts preparation for next Space Shuttle launch

Space Shuttle might just have returned from its mission to the International Space Station but NASA has already started work on the next mission scheduled for December.

US space agency NASA moved space shuttle Atlantis to its seaside launch pad on Saturday.

It left the Kennedy Space Center’s assembly building before dawn. The journey to the launch pad took around 5 hours.

NASA is fortunate enough to have spare time for this upcoming launch scheduled for first week of December. The countdown would begin on December 3.

NASA added that the crew for this upcoming mission would arrive in Florida next weekend. It includes European astronauts Hans Schlegel of Germany and Leopold Eyharts of France.