Shuttle Astronauts Honored at Walt Disney World
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More than fifty years ago, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun worked with Walt Disney on a series of animated TV specials with the goal of exciting the American public about space exploration.
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As fellow astronauts, other friends and loved ones gathered in Houston yesterday to honor US &quot;frontiersman&quot; Captain Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr.
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Astronauts stowed gear and battened   down the hatches on shuttle Atlantis on Thursday as they got   ready to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - Astronauts assigned to  NASA's first space shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia  disaster said on Friday they are confident mistakes and  technical problems that led to that accident are in the past.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis are hoping for clear skies over Florida tomorrow as they near the end of a successful construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
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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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With their hardest tasks behind them, space shuttle Atlantis' six astronauts got time to relax Saturday after almost a week of nonstop work adding a new 17 1/2-ton addition with wing-like solar power panels to the international space station.
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US astronauts on Sunday completed their fourth and final spacewalk of the Atlantis mission after repairing the shuttle for its trip home later this week, NASA said.
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Using their ship's robotic arm, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis handed over the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years Monday and now will conduct three spacewalks to install the giant new section.
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The shuttle Atlantis astronauts   completed their work on the International Space Station on   Friday with a third and final spacewalk to put the finishing   touches on a new power module and set up gear for NASA's next   service call.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Â The seven astronauts set to launch aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery next week arrived at the agency's spaceport Friday eager to fly and confident their spacecraft is safe to rocket into orbit.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Discovery's seven astronauts are among the most culturally diverse of any space shuttle crew.
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By Martin MerzerCAPE CANAVERAL -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla..  - 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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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.