Space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Florida
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla..  - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery blasted off on a pillar of fire on Tuesday, soaring above Florida marshlands toward a rendezvous in two days with the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Wednesday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a launch attempt on Thursday, though the weather outlook was not favorable.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis, fresh from a fiery and nearly flawless launch, was in hot pursuit of the international space station on Saturday, but won't catch up until Sunday.
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By TRAVIS REED CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The floor rumbles and roars as the space shuttle gets to blastoff speed. Minutes later, the vehicle pitches forward suddenly at engine cutoff, showing a serene view of Earth.
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The space shuttle Atlantis  rumbled into space on Thursday afternoon, carrying the European scientific laboratory Columbus to the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed space shuttle Discovery's liftoff on Thursday night because of thick, low clouds at the Florida launch site.
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By Mike Schneider Flashes of flame from space shuttle Discovery lit up the darkened sky Saturday as the spacecraft blazed off the launch pad for the first nighttime liftoff in four years.
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By Martin Merzer and Phil Long, The Miami Herald  Jun. 9--CAPE CANAVERAL -- From NASA's better-late-than-never department: Shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts catapulted from the launch pad Friday evening, roared through golden twilight and safely reached orbit.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at its Florida home base on Wednesday after a grueling but successful 15-day construction mission that prepared the International Space Station for new laboratories.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - 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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After two months of delay, shuttle Atlantis blasted off Thursday on a trip to the International Space Station with a $2 billion science lab named Columbus on board.
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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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A Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the Northern Lights blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered into space tonight.  Liftoff came right on schedule at 8:47 p.m.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Discovery blasted off its seaside launch pad, ending a ban on night-time flights imposed after the 2003 Columbia disaster, and began chasing the International Space Station on Sunday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from its Florida home port on Thursday on a mission to deliver a $1.9 billion European laboratory to the International Space Station.
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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.