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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Stages of the first Atlas V rocket are offloaded from a Russian Antonov AN-124 aircraft after their arrival at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Antonov AN-124 is the only carrier large enough to carry the Atlas V. The rocket will be joined to its Centaur upper stage and testing will begin in preparation for a May 2002 launch
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June 6, 2001
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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