Shuttle Ready for Piggy-Backed Plane Ride
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NASA scientists readied space shuttle Atlantis for a piggy-backed ride atop a Boeing 747 airplane this week to the Kennedy Space Center. That journey will cap shuttle's STS-117 mission that officially ended Friday when it landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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NASA prepared to launch  the space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday on a long-delayed  mission to deliver a $1.9 billion European laboratory to the  International Space Station, but weather threatened another  postponement.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery raced toward a rendezvous with the international space station Monday, ready to deliver a new crew member and a 2-ton addition to the space lab.
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NASA prepared to launch space shuttle Discovery on a complex International Space Station mission, even as lingering clouds threatened to delay liftoff by at least 24 hours.
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The shuttle Atlantis prepared to perform a giant backflip that will let NASA take another close look at its thermal shield.
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After being delayed twice by technical problems, the space shuttle Atlantis is now slated to liftoff Thursday.
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HOUSTON -- The  next&nbsp;crew&nbsp;bound for the International Space Station (ISS) is  preparing for a mission that, they hope, will see the arrival of at least one  space shuttle and possibly the addition of a third  crewmember.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The countdown clock began ticking on Tuesday for the planned launch this week of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, which will return the beleaguered shuttle program to space after a six-month hiatus.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Jun. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA has declared the shuttle Atlantis ready to launch Friday on the year's first shuttle mission.  "After many months of hard work, Atlantis is ready to fly," NASA test director Steve Payne said Thursday morning.
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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis   packed up on Tuesday as they prepared to return from their   11-day mission to expand the International Space Station.
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Space shuttle Atlantis links up with the International Space Station, where astronauts will carry out maintenance.
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A former off-road racer-turned-spaceship commander and a U.S. Air Force test pilot are ready to guide NASA&#39;s shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS).
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Astronauts aboard the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis prepared on Wednesday for their imminent return to Earth, provided Florida's fickle weather cooperates.
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The crew of space shuttle Discovery are preparing to lift off on what Nasa calls a "milestone mission".
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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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Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are preparing for the mission's first spacewalk.
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HOUSTON -- The astronaut crew of NASA&#39;s shuttle Atlantis is gearing up for a planned Thursday landing after a successful construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS).