Shuttle Flight 'Fantastic,' Astronauts Say
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HOUSTON -- The astronaut crews of NASA's shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station (ISS) lauded their joint mission as it passed the halfway mark Friday.
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Seven astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery have a hearty welcome waiting aboard the International Space Station (ISS), where three veteran spaceflyers are preparing for their afternoon arrival.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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The space shuttle Endeavour glided to a safe landing at the Kennedy Space Center, apparently not much worse for wear.
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By Traci Watson  Early data from Saturday's launch of space shuttle Discovery show the ship is in good health and suffered no damage on the way to orbit, deputy shuttle program manager John Shannon said Sunday.  "It was a very typical ascent," Shannon said.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA declared that it's back in the space-station assembly business Thursday after shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts safely returned from a 12-day mission to install a big new piece of the orbiting outpost. "It was a great team effort.
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NASA was optimistic that the Space Shuttle Atlantis would still land as expected on Thursday, after a favorable weather report and preliminary inspections that did not turn up damage from floating debris found near the shuttle.
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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, Fla. Nearly 40 astronauts on Friday became the first to ride aboard a NASA tourist attraction that recreates a ride aboard the space shuttle.
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Astronauts assigned to NASA's first space shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster said on Friday they are confident mistakes and technical problems that led to that accident are in the past.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Before doing their heavy lifting in space, the astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis did lots of heavy lifting back on Earth.
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Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis today performed a fly-around to get a look at the space station before leaving.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle   Atlantis returned safely to its Florida home on Thursday,   capping a successful mission to resume International Space   Station construction 3-1/2 years after the 2003 Columbia   disaster.
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - The space shuttle Discovery crew scored another day floating in the cosmos - precious time for the majority-rookie flight - but it'll hardly be a walk in the orbital park.
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I applaud Burt Rutan and the SpaceShipOne team for their miraculous achievement of winning the Ansari X Prize. As an astronaut, I understand well the challenges they faced in reaching suborbital space.
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NASA gave the shuttle Discovery a majestic Fourth of July send-off and said early signs showed the spacecraft to be in good shape, despite once again being struck by the flying foam that has plagued the program.
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A key test of a daring yet wobbly spacewalking technique that could be used someday to repair space shuttle heat shields worked well Saturday and got good reviews from two astronauts from the shuttle Discovery, NASA officials said.