Shuttle Atlantis Appears to Have Flawless Liftoff
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The shuttle blasted off with the rattling roar of more than seven million pounds of thrust into a stunningly clear evening sky on Friday.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Sep. 6--CAPE CANAVERAL -- The countdown advanced smoothly Tuesday for today's launch of space shuttle Atlantis and a crew commanded by Brent Jett Jr. of South Florida.
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By Traci Watson  NASA engineers cleared space shuttle Atlantis for landing today, concluding after inspections that an object seen drifting near the vehicle and three more pieces of nearby debris were not a worry.
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SPACE.com / NASA's space shuttle Atlantis appears to be in good health after weathering what is now Tropical Storm Ernesto, and is once more being primed for a September launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Torn thermal blanket not a problem The Space Shuttle Atlantis has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after an "almost flawless" launch last week.â¦
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with the space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis was rolled out to its seaside launch pad on Thursday in preparation for a planned liftoff in March on the first of five missions NASA hopes to fly this year.
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Final preparations were under way Friday for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for the first mission of the year, with weather conditions looking good for a blastoff to the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Tuesday cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff in two days on a mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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Scans of the shuttleÂs delicate heat shield this morning so far reveal no worrisome damage to the craft.
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By Seth Borenstein Associated Press  HOUSTON -- NASA gave space shuttle Atlantis the all-clear to come home today after a stem-to-stern inspection prompted by a mysterious flurry of orbital litter found no damage to the ship.
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Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, June 9    WASHINGTON -- After a three-month delay, Atlantis finally blasted off Friday on NASA's first space shuttle mission of the year, continuing the construction of the International Space Station.   The shuttle lifted off at 7:38 p.m.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The weather forecast for Friday&#39;s evening liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis has improved and NASA officials are optimistic launch will take place as planned.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted off Friday from the Kennedy Space Center for a mission to the orbiting International Space Station, the first shuttle mission of 2007.
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NASA said Friday that all systems on the space shuttle Atlantis were functioning and the craft was ready for liftoff near Cape Canaveral, Fla.  The process of filling the external orange fuel tank of the shuttle, which is scheduled to launch at 11:41 a.m.
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The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis lifted off from its Florida home port on Thursday on a  mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to  the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With the successful Wednesday landing of NASA's shuttle Atlantis, the stage is set for a busy year of construction at the International Space Station (ISS).