Updated Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:53 am TWN, dpa

Space shuttle set to launch on Nov. 16

WASHINGTON -- U.S. space agency NASA announced late Thursday that its next launch of a space shuttle to the orbiting International Space Station has been scheduled for November 16.

The shuttle Atlantis would make its 31st mission, planned as an 11-day flight.

Liftoff was slated for 2:28 p.m. (1928 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The focus of the 129th shuttle mission is to store spare hardware on the space station exterior, with three spacewalks planned.

Two platforms, holding spare parts to keep the station operating after the shuttles stop flying, are to be installed on the space station's truss.

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