Space Center Faces Workers' Strike

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis, from left, mission specialists' James Reilly, John Olivas, Steven Swanson, and Patrick Forrester, pilot Lee Archambault and commander Rick Sturckow pose for photos after their arrival at the Kennedy Space Center, for the terminal count down demonstration test in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 21, 2007. Mission specialist Clayton Anderson, not pictured, was added to the crew just six weeks before the scheduled June 8 launch. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

(AP) -- As the countdown toward a launch of Atlantis on the first space shuttle flight of the year was set to begin, another clock ticked away Monday toward a possible strike by several hundred workers at Kennedy Space Center.

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