Atlantis prepares to make giant delivery
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The space shuttle Atlantis, with a preliminary clean bill of health, is about to make a 17 1/2-ton delivery.
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Gotta be flying by Friday NASA is ramping things up again ahead of the rescheduled launch of the Shuttle Atlantis this Wednesday 6 September.â¦
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Cape Canaveral into the Florida twilight Friday after more than two months of delays.  The Atlantis crew is scheduled to spend 11 days in space.
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Final preparations were under way Friday for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for the first mission of the year, with weather conditions looking good for a blastoff to the International Space Station.
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Shuttle Atlantis docked with the   International Space Station on Monday, 218 miles above Earth,   and prepared to hand over a 35,000-pound (15,880-kg) truss for   attachment to the half-finished outpost.
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By John Johnson Jr. Los Angeles Times  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The shuttle Atlantis, America's long- haul space truck, returned to duty Saturday, blasting into orbit with a 17-ton load of construction material 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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Final preparations were underway Monday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited launch Wednesday of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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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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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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Forecasters are predicting an 80 percent chance of good weather at space shuttle launch time tonight, and the fueling of the huge external tank began on time shortly before 10 a.m. EDT. The blastoff of Atlantis is scheduled for 7:38 p.m. EDT Friday on a mission to continue construction of the international space station.
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Right now, the bigger they are, the larger the haul.
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The world's biggest passenger plane is set to be unveiled for the first time - with more riding on it than just the 550 passengers the aircraft can accommodate.
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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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HAMPTON -- When the space shuttle Atlantis re-enters Earth's atmosphere at somewhere around Mach 20 today, a small piece of a protective thermal blanket will be held together with surgical staples and metal pins.
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NASA said Friday that all systems on the space shuttle Atlantis were functioning and the craft was ready for liftoff near Cape Canaveral, Fla.  The process of filling the external orange fuel tank of the shuttle, which is scheduled to launch at 11:41 a.m.