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The space shuttle Atlantis is seen on pad 39A as the sun sets Dec. 7, 2007, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis will carry the European-developed Columbus laboratory and attach it to the International Space Station. Seven astronauts, including two from the European Space Agency, will fly aboard Atlantis for the STS-122 mission, which now has been rescheduled for a launch in early January 2008