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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Following the Flight Readiness Review for the STS-117 mission, NASA officials presented the decisions of NASA senior managers in a press conference. Seen here are (from left) Katherine Trinidad, of NASA Public Affairs, who moderated; Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA Space Operations Mission; Wayne Hale, Space Shuttle Program manager; and Mike Leinbach, Shuttle Launch Director. Gerstenmaier confirmed the launch time and date of Space Shuttle Atlantis at 7:38 p.m. EDT on June 8. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett