Juggling Act Unfolds for Atlantis Astronauts
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By Traci Watson Ten humans in space had their hands full Thursday. They were preparing to fix a damaged spacecraft. They were struggling to fold balky solar panels. And they were trying, with little success, to recover from a major computer crash.
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts have been so productive that they have only one more item to complete from their original spacewalk to-do list.
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - Using their ship's robotic arm, astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis handed over the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years Monday and will conduct three spacewalks to install the giant new section.
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By Houston Chronicle  Jun. 23--If overcoming adversity is a criterion for a successful venture into space, the 14-day mission of the shuttle Atlantis to the international space station ranks high on the list of most productive flights.
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Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis today performed a fly-around to get a look at the space station before leaving.
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Astronauts aboard the  U.S. space shuttle Atlantis adjusted their orbit on Friday to  catch up with the International Space Station and hand over a  European laboratory that will become a permanent part of that  outpost.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With a 4-inch gap in the space shuttle Atlantis' heat-protecting blanket not appearing to be an urgent problem on Saturday, the crew readied themselves for what NASA called a delicate ballet with the international space station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  HOUSTON - The astronauts asked to repair a loose thermal blanket on shuttle Atlantis have studied the fine points of aerospace engineering and built their strength for the strenuous task in weight rooms.
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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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By Steve Scott, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 14--While one Minnesotan walks in space, another is anchored at Houston Mission Control as the lead flight director of the Atlantis shuttle mission.
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Two Atlantis astronauts successfully completed a spacewalk as part of an effort to add elements to the International Space Station (ISS), a NASA spokesman announced.
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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis   packed up gear and checked out their spacecraft on Tuesday as   they prepared to come home from their 11-day mission to the   International Space Station.
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By JUAN LOZANO HOUSTON - The space shuttle crew hit a brief snag in their construction plans Monday when four spinning gyroscopes that keep the international space station properly positioned became overloaded, delaying the mission's first spacewalk.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, after a monthslong run of bad luck and scandal at NASA that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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Space shuttle Atlantis links up with the International Space Station, where astronauts will carry out maintenance.
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NASA announced Monday that two days have been added to the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis' mission to try to fix a gap in the spacecraft's thermal blanket.  The announcement came as two astronauts, Jim Reilly and John Danny Olivas, finished the first spacewalk of the mission.
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Astronauts worked to outfit Europe's new permanent space laboratory on Saturday as a busy visit by NASA's shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station neared its end.