Shuttle soars toward space station
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Discovery blasted off its seaside launch pad, ending a ban on night-time flights imposed after the 2003 Columbia disaster, and began chasing the International Space Station on Sunday.
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U.S. space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Canaveral for a 14-day mission.
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The shuttle slid gently into place at the International Space Station this morning, 218 miles over the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An Olympic athlete-turned-astronaut and a rookie spaceflyer are leading a spacewalking team set to launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery this week.
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a two-day journey, space shuttle Discovery reached the International Space Station on Monday for a weeklong stay to continue construction on the orbiting lab and rotate out a crew member.
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The space shuttle Atlantis rumbled into space on Thursday afternoon, carrying the European scientific laboratory Columbus to the International Space Station.
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Shuttle Atlantis soared into orbit after a two-month delay on a mission to the International Space Station that will set a milestone for Europe's presence in space.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - With hugs and   handshakes, the shuttle Atlantis astronauts left the space   station crew on Sunday, climbed aboard their ship and fired   steering jets to begin the journey back to Earth.
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A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis took off Sunday on a return trip to the shuttle's launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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By Martin Merzer and Phil Long, The Miami Herald  Jun. 9--CAPE CANAVERAL -- From NASA's better-late-than-never department: Shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts catapulted from the launch pad Friday evening, roared through golden twilight and safely reached orbit.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery blasted off atop a cloud of smoke on Tuesday, soaring above Florida marshlands toward a rendezvous in two days with the International Space Station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - Space shuttle Atlantis pulled away from the international space station on Sunday for a return trip to Earth.
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The US space shuttle Discovery was heading for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after an inspection by its crew showed the spacecraft sustained no visible damage during lift-off.
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The US space shuttle Discovery has soared into the night sky on a complex International Space Station construction mission after the first night launch in four years.
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The U.S. shuttle Atlantis was in orbit Saturday, heading for the International Space Station.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a few false starts, NASA's shuttle Atlantis stands poised to launch six astronauts and a hefty addition towards the International Space Station (ISS) today to jump start construction of the orbital laboratory.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a construction mission to the International Space Station on Friday, ending a three-month grounding to repair the ship's hail-battered fuel tank.