Shuttle Atlantis crew prepares to leave station
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The shuttle Atlantis astronauts moved spacesuits onto the International Space Station and packed up old equipment to bring home on Sunday, while scientists prepared for the first experiments in Europe's new Columbus laboratory.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Atlantis sailed away from the International Space Station on Monday, leaving behind a new crew member and Europe's first permanent orbital laboratory.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Shuttle Atlantis crew members prepared on Tuesday for their planned touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida after delivering Europe's first permanent orbital laboratory to the International Space Station.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - In a routine familiar to travelers on Earth, shuttle astronauts were spending Tuesday packing their things, indulging in their surroundings one last day and making sure their vehicle is ready for the ride home.
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Shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts prepared for their arrival at the International Space Station for the most complex ISS construction mission to date.
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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 US space shuttle Atlantis prepared to undock from the International Space Station early Sunday after astronauts outfitted it with new solar panels designed to boost the station's power generating capacity.
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Atlantis astronauts carry out a third and final spacewalk on the space station ahead of Sunday's departure.
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The US shuttle Atlantis is closing in on the International Space Station as its crew prepares Sunday for a new phase of its mission aimed at boosting the station&#39;s power-generating capacity.
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Space shuttle Atlantis nears the International Space Station, where will dock for a maintenance mission.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  HOUSTON - Space became a tad more crowded Monday morning, but the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis prepared to ease that congestion and go home after one last inspection of its critical heat shield.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The international space station's three residents bade farewell to one set of houseguests Sunday and prepared for the arrival of more visitors.
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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis  packed up gear and checked out their spacecraft on Tuesday as  they prepared to come home from their 11-day mission to the  International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The shuttle Discovery astronauts bid an emotional farewell to their colleagues aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday and headed into their spaceship to prepare for the journey home.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER HOUSTON - Hours after undocking from the international space station Tuesday, Atlantis' seven astronauts began a final inspection of the space shuttle to make sure its heat shield was ready to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
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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.