Astronauts ready for Thursday launch
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Seven astronauts returned to NASA's launch site Monday to take a new shot at flying space shuttle Atlantis to the international space station.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing their orbital laboratory for a crew swap that will begin with the arrival of three new spaceflyers next month.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Despite discouraging weather forecasts, NASA ordered technicians to begin fueling shuttle Discovery around noon today and to prepare the crew for tonight's blastoff.
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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).
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Astronauts aboard Discovery plan a  final, routine check of the space shuttle's heat shield and the  launch of two small satellites on Wednesday before landing two  days later.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 9--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Its first countdown foiled by low clouds Thursday night, NASA will try again tonight to launch Discovery and its seven astronauts on the last shuttle mission of the year.   Liftoff is scheduled for 8:47 p.m.
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Astronauts spent Sunday preparing for an extra spacewalk to free a stuck solar array on the International Space Station and unloading supplies brought up by the shuttle Discovery.
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The crew of space  shuttle Discovery arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on  Friday for the countdown ahead of next week's launch on a  construction mission to the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new crew is aboard the International Space Station Wednesday preparing to take over command of the orbiting outpost.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla..  - The seven astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle Discovery scrambled aboard their spaceship on Tuesday to await blastoff on a construction mission to the International Space Station.
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Preparations are on track for Friday&#39;s evening launch of the  space shuttle Atlantis from Florida,  despite a small chance of a scrub due to weather.
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NASA prepared to launch  the space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday on a mission to deliver  Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International  Space Station.
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The countdown for the December 7 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station has begun as scheduled.
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Astronauts stowed gear and battened  down the hatches on shuttle Atlantis on Thursday as they got  ready to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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A two-man crew launches to the International Space Station tonight, tasked with keeping the outpost running and ready for space shuttles that will arrive after the men leave.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The seven-man crew assigned to the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to the International Space Station arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday in preparation for Friday's planned liftoff.
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The next three humans bound for the International Space Station (ISS) are spending their final hours on Earth before launching into space tonight atop a Soyuz rocket.