US space shuttle Atlantis returns home
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The shuttle Atlantis safely landed in Florida Wednesday, completing a successful mission to install Europe's first space laboratory.
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Space shuttle Atlantis began its long trek home on Tuesday after a nine-day stay at the International Space Station in which crew members installed new solar energy panels and battled balky computers.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 29 -- Five hours after the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis left its seaside launchpad to ride out expected high winds and rain from tropical storm Ernesto, NASA officials announced they were taking the shuttle back to the pad as the storm no longer posed a sufficient threat...
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#8211; Six astronauts and their shuttle Atlantis are safely back on Earth after returning NASA and its partners on a path to complete the International Space Station (ISS).
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Nasa clears the shuttle Atlantis for a return to Earth, after inspections find no damage from orbiting debris.
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By The Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center with Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching, the space shuttle Atlantis' six crew members flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch on Wednesday.
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ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN - Russia&#39;s Soyuz TMA-4 capsule returned safely home early Sunday morning following a six-month stay at the international space station.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - After a nearly 10-day stay at the international space station that included construction work and a computer meltdown, space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to begin its return trip to Earth.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked at the International Space Station on Sunday to resume construction of the outpost and deliver a new crew member.
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The space shuttle Atlantis took off on a mission to resume construction of the International Space Station for the first time since the Columbia disaster.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the U.S.   space shuttle Atlantis returned to Florida on Saturday to   prepare for a new launch attempt on NASA's first International   Space Station assembly mission in nearly four years.
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By Mike Schneider  HOUSTON - Atlantis was cleared Saturday to return to Earth this coming week after the space shuttle's heat shield was judged capable of surviving the intense heat of re-entry, and a U.S. astronaut reached a milestone with the longest single spaceflight by any woman.
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By John Johnson Jr. Los Angeles Times  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The shuttle Atlantis, America's long- haul space truck, returned to duty Saturday, blasting into orbit with a 17-ton load of construction material for the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Shuttle Atlantis started for home on Tuesday, leaving the International Space Station with new solar power wings, a fresh crew member and a mystery over what knocked out the space station's computers.
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NASA&#39;s space shuttle Endeavour returned to the launch pad for the first time in nearly five years, making the overnight trek from its Florida hangar to prepare for a planned Aug. 7 liftoff.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER HOUSTON - Atlantis was cleared Saturday to return to Earth this coming week after the space shuttle's heat shield was judged capable of surviving the intense heat of re-entry, and a U.S. astronaut reached a milestone with the longest single spaceflight by any woman.
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Space shuttle Atlantis began its long  trek home on Tuesday after a nine-day stay at the International  Space Station in which crew members installed new solar energy  panels and battled balky computers.