U.S. space shuttle hitches ride to Florida
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Mounted atop a jumbo jet, U.S. space shuttle Atlantis began a cross-country flight from California on Sunday, and NASA officials said it should arrive back home in Florida as early as Monday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Bad weather forced NASA to skip a first opportunity on Thursday to bring space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth but the U.S. space agency could make another attempt later in the day.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Hoping for good weather   and better luck, NASA started fueling 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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - Space shuttle Atlantis pulled away from the international space station on Sunday for a return trip to Earth.
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With the weather in Florida never quite clearing up today, NASA flight directors have decided to send the space shuttle Atlantis to California to land.
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A 27-ton fuel tank is making a five-day voyage across the Gulf of Mexico to NASA&#39;s Kennedy Space Center as the space agency prepares for its first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster in 2003.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Thursday delayed for a day the landing of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis because of bad weather in Florida.
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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 Europe's first permanent space laboratory to 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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Wrapping up a 13-day mission, NASA planned to land the shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida or Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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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, Florida  - NASA skipped its first opportunity on Friday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis back home to Florida because of continuing bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Poor weather forced NASA to skip its first chance of the day to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis back home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday but other landing opportunities remained.
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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 has lifted off into the Florida sky Friday, carrying a crew of seven astronauts headed for the international space station. The mission was delayed by a damaging hailstorm and overshadowed by a lurid love triangle.
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By Mike Schneider, Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Rain and low clouds prevented Atlantis from returning to Florida on Thursday, but mission managers were hopeful the space shuttle would be able to touch down a day later, even if it meant landing in California.
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Clear weather will allow a jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis to take off Monday for the trip back to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA said.