Shuttle Prepares to Depart Space Station
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By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - After a nearly 10-day stay at the international space station that included construction work and a computer meltdown, space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to begin its return trip to Earth.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Two astronauts left the International Space Station on Sunday to finish hooking up a new cooling system that will pave the way for installation of European and Japanese modules beginning this year.
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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, Fla. - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis are hoping for clear skies over Florida tomorrow as they near the end of a successful construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
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The crews of the space shuttle and station say a teary farewell after more than a week of working tirelessly together to build a bigger and better scientific outpost in orbit. Atlantis is scheduled to undock early Monday, its load considerably lighter than when it arrived Feb. 9 with Europe's premiere space laboratory, Columbus.
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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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The twice-delayed flight of the space shuttle Atlantis, carrying a major addition to the International Space Station, is set for liftoff Thursday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 12  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After traveling thousands of miles, a major component of the International Space Station is set to begin preparations for launch.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Flight controllers conducted final tests on the International Space Station's revived computer network on Monday in hopes of clearing visiting space shuttle Atlantis for its departure and return to Earth.
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US and European astronauts are preparing for their second spacewalk of the current shuttle mission.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis was poised to leave the International Space Station Monday after a nine-day visit that gave the laboratory a European annex -- and a French scientist to bolster its crew.
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NASA mission managers say final checks have been completed and space shuttle Atlantis is ready to leave the Orbiter Processing Facility.
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are leaving the international space station Sunday much different than how they found it six days ago.
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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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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 redesigned external fuel tank that will help propel Discovery on the first shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia accident is set to leave New Orleans on Friday, beginning