Crew boards space shuttle for launch
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Six astronauts climbed   aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on Saturday for a last-ditch   attempt to launch a mission to resume construction of the   International Space Station.
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The U.S. shuttle Atlantis was in orbit Saturday, heading for the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA mission managers cleared the space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew for a planned Thursday landing after resolving two final issues.
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Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven thundered into orbit Tuesday, setting off on the most challenging space station construction mission yet that will pave the way for the arrival of two science labs in a few months.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the space   shuttle Atlantis climbed into their ship for launch from   Florida on Friday, but a problem with a sensor in the shuttle's   external fuel tank may prompt another delay, officials said.
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The six crew members of the space shuttle Atlantis entered the International Space Station this morning after a perfect docking almost 220 miles above the Earth.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - With hugs and   handshakes, the shuttle Atlantis astronauts left the space   station crew on Sunday, climbed aboard their ship and fired   steering jets to begin the journey back to Earth.
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The two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) complete the first space walk of their mission.
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The crew of the International Space Station flew an emergency lifeboat from one docking port to another at the outpost Monday, clearing the way for two spacewalks planned for next year.
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A Russian-US space crew set off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday morning.
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Seven astronauts returned to NASA's launch site Monday to take a new shot at flying space shuttle Atlantis to the international space station.
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The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis astronauts on Friday put on their spacesuits,  scrambled into their ship and buckled in for launch. But the  crew will have to wait another few weeks for actual liftoff.
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Two astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis stepped out into space Monday on the first walk of the current mission, to prepare the European research laboratory Columbus for hooking up to the International Space Station, NASA said.
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The seven astronauts on  the U.S. space shuttle Discovery scrambled aboard their  spaceship on Tuesday to await blastoff on a construction  mission to the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL -- The seven astronauts set to crew NASA's first space shuttle flight since the Columbia accident are confident their orbiter and redesigned external tank will perform, but admit some details still need to be ironed out.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The seven-man crew assigned to the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to the International Space Station arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday in preparation for Friday's planned liftoff.
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HOUSTON -- The astronaut crew of NASA&#39;s shuttle Atlantis is gearing up for a planned Thursday landing after a successful construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS).