Shuttle Atlantis leaves station, heads home
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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, 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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U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis ended its cross-country flight atop a jumbo jet on  Tuesday, touching down in Florida 11 days after returning from  a construction mission to the International Space Station.
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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis   packed up gear and checked out their spacecraft on Tuesday as   they prepared to come home from their 11-day mission to the   International Space Station.
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The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the international space station early Monday for its journey back to Earth, ending a nearly nine-day visit to deliver, install and activate Europe's new orbital laboratory.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  HOUSTON - 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 MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With floating hugs all around, space shuttle Discovery's crew bid farewell to the international space station and its residents Tuesday after an eight-day visit.
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Space shuttle Atlantis rolls back to hangar    WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Xinhua) -- NASA on Tuesday decided to move space shuttle Atlantis off its launch pad and back inside the protection of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according NASA's official website.
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Space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to depart the international space station after a test Monday showed Russian computers that crashed last week can control the outpost's orientation.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The shuttle Atlantis astronauts moved spacesuits onto the International Space Station and packed up old equipment to bring home on Sunday, while scientists prepared for the first experiments in Europe's new Columbus laboratory.
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The Atlantis orbiter is set to return to Earth after installing Europe's Columbus science lab on the space station.
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Nasa's Atlantis shuttle touches down safely in Florida, ending a twelve-day mission to the space station.
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The shuttle Discovery backed away from the international space station and started a two-day journey home after its crew bade farewell to the residents of the orbiting outpost and left behind U.S. astronaut Suni Williams for a six-month stay.
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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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Atlantis' astronauts got their spaceship ready for the ride home on Tuesday, wrapping up a two-week mission to add Europe's new orbital laboratory to the international space station.
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The shuttle Atlantis undocks from the International Space Station, after a highly complex 11-day mission.
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The U.S. shuttle Atlantis was in orbit Saturday, heading for the International Space Station.