"Atlantis" lifts off from Pad 39A for STS-117 at 7:38:02 EDT on a 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles orbital insertion trajectory to reach the ISS. The External tank is showing the repair work (lighter orange) performed due to the hail storm damage in March. This damage delayed the mission by 3 months. The crew today is: Marine Commander Rick Sturckow (Commander), Air Force Colonel Lee Archambault (pilot), Mission Specialists Danny Olivas, Jim Reilly, Pat Forrester, Clay Anderson, Steve...