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Did A Giant Spider Attack Delay the Launch Of Space Shuttle Atlantis?

By Joe Legge
Created Dec 10 2007 - 12:46pm
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I had to share this video with you from NASA.  It looks like something out of a Godzilla type movie where a giant insect or monster attacks a tall structure.

In this case, the space shuttle Atlantis was attacked by a giant spider recently while awaiting launch.  At least, that's how it looked on camera.  A spider walked across the camera lens and seems to eat the shuttle.

Atlantis will not launch until the new year.  A fuel tank glitch forced mission controllers to delay the launch.  It doesn't appear the "spider attack" caused any major problems.

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