Returning Home: Shuttle Atlantis Lands Safely After Successful Flight      (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ The six astronauts of shuttle Atlantis walked off their spaceship Thursday morning after their 12-day, high-altitude construction job ended with a safe landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
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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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NASA gave space shuttle Atlantis the all-clear to come home Thursday after a stem-to-stern inspection prompted by a mysterious flurry of orbital litter found no damage to the ship.
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By JOHN PORRETTO HOUSTON - Atlantis' seven astronauts reunited with their families in Texas on Saturday, a day after the space shuttle capped a two-week mission with a perfect landing in the Mohave Desert.
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HOUSTON -- NASA mission managers cleared the space shuttle Atlantis for its planned landing next week after finding its protective heat shield sound for the plunge through Earth&#39;s atmosphere.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts glided to a safe landing in darkness early Thursday, ending a 12-day mission whose smooth success was briefly upstaged by the high drama caused by mysterious floating debris.
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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.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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle   Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida   on Monday, ending a 13-day mission that may signal NASA's full   recovery from the 2003 Columbia disaster.
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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 Alicia Chang, Associated Press  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE -- Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring a crew member home from the outpost.
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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 clears shuttle Atlantis to land next week   WASHINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Mission Control Center told the Atlantis crew Saturday that space shuttle's thermal protection system is cleared for re-entry.   The astronauts got "the good news" about 11:20 a.m.
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Atlantis returns to Earth after spacewalks and concerns of debris hitting the spacecraft
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Space shuttle Discovery&#039;s astronauts got some happy news Sunday: It&#039;s safe to fly home. Mission Control informed the crew of six that the ship&#039;s thermal shielding is &quot;100 percent cleared for entry&quot; in another week.
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Atlantis' seven astronauts reunited with their families in Texas on Saturday, a day after the space shuttle capped a two-week mission with a perfect landing in the Mohave Desert. Sunita "Suni" Williams was especially happy to return to Earth after spending more than six months at the international space station.