Atlantis heads for space at last
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A 'majestic' launch NASA managed to get Shuttle off the ground yesterday, and in the nick of time too. Any later and they'd have had to postpone the launch to avoid messing up the Russians' schedule for visiting the International Space Station.â¦
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Atlantis' astronauts got their spaceship ready for the ride home on Tuesday, wrapping up a two-week mission to add Europe's new orbital laboratory to the international space station.
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Shuttle Atlantis roared into space soaring toward the International Space Station for the first construction mission since the 2003 Columbia tragedy.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis closed their ship's cargo bay doors on Friday, hoping for good weather that would allow them to return to Earth after two weeks in orbit.
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The crew of the Atlantis began preparations to deorbit and land at Cape Canaveral, after a successful 12-day mission to the International Space Station.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis and its seven member crew, including astronauts from France and Germany, are on a course to dock with the orbiting International Space Station Saturday after 48 hours in space.
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Space shuttle Atlantis headed for home  on Wednesday with NASA pushing to get it back to Earth before  the U.S. military tries to shoot a dead spy satellite out of  the sky.
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Space shuttle Atlantis departed on  Monday from the newly expanded International Space Station and  began its return trip to Earth ahead of a U.S. military plan to  shoot down a dead spy satellite.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the newly repaired space shuttle Atlantis arrived at its Florida spaceport on Monday as NASA prepared to launch the ship on a mission to deliver a European space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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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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Atlantis was cleared Saturday to return to Earth this coming week after the space shuttle's heat shield was judged capable of surviving the intense heat of re-entry, and a U.S. astronaut reached a milestone with the longest single spaceflight by any woman.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA cleared space   shuttle Atlantis to return to Earth on Thursday, confident that   unidentified objects spotted floating near the spaceship did   not result from damage to its heat shield or other critical   equipment.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Atlantis   roared off its seaside Florida launch pad on Saturday after two   weeks of delays, setting the stage for NASA to resume assembly   of the International Space Station.
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The three-day countdown for the shuttle Atlantis began yesterday as NASA continues its long-delayed efforts to launch the spacecraft.
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By Mark Carreau Houston Chronicle  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's long wait to resume construction of the international space station neared an end as the space agency made final preparations to launch the shuttle Atlantis today.
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Space shuttle Atlantis safely touched down in Florida on Wednesday following a 13-day mission to the International Space Station, NASA television images showed.
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The Atlantis shuttle launches successfully on a mission to take Europe's Columbus science lab to the space station.