Patched Atlantis Lifts NASA
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CAPE CANAVERAL, June 8 -- A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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NASA changed course Tuesday and sent the space shuttle Atlantis back to the launch pad, saying the forecasts for Tropical Storm Ernesto had improved.
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Shuttle Atlantis astronauts said on  Saturday that, despite a few glitches, they had gotten NASA off  to a good start in its push to complete construction of the  half-finished International Space Station by 2010.
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NASA reported major progress on  glitches in a critical computer system on the International  Space Station on Friday as astronauts repaired insulation  damage to the space shuttle Atlantis during a spacewalk.
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US astronauts on Sunday completed their fourth and final spacewalk of the Atlantis mission after repairing the shuttle for its trip home later this week, NASA said.
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NASA has cleared the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts for a mission to the International Space Station.  Liftoff is scheduled for June 8 at the Kennedy Space Center, The Miami Herald said Friday.
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The space shuttle Atlantis glided down to an uneventful pre-dawn landing today, concluding a mission that marked NASAÂs resumption of construction on the International Space Station.
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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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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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After being delayed twice by technical problems, the space shuttle Atlantis is now slated to liftoff Thursday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from its seaside launch pad on Friday and soared toward a Sunday rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis is likely unharmed from small showers of fuel tank foam that appeedar to rain on the orbitein the late stages of  its Sept. 9 launch, NASA's shuttle chief said Saturday.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the international space station Tuesday for its trip back to Earth, concluding a nearly 10-day stay that included construction work and a computer meltdown.
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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 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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By JUAN LOZANO HOUSTON - Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during Atlantis' launch, extending the space shuttle's mission from 11 to 13 days, NASA managers said Monday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will try again on Friday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts home after clouds and rain at its Florida landing site prevented a touchdown on Thursday.