U.S. space shuttle Atlantis breaks orbit for landing
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis fired its rockets to break orbit on Friday and begin a fiery descent through the Earth's atmosphere for a landing in California.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Tuesday cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff in two days on a mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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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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Shuttle lands to clear skies for shot at broken probe amid criticism Pentagon is militarising space
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Shuttle Atlantis soared into orbit after a two-month delay on a mission to the International Space Station that will set a milestone for Europe's presence in space.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday after a fuel   sensor failed, only the latest delay of its mission to restart   construction of the International Space Station.
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Space shuttle Atlantis with its crew of six glides to a safe landing early Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle's nearly flawless mission was filled with strenuous spacewalks and rigorous robotics work on the space station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis docked with the international space station Monday, arriving with the first addition to the orbiting space lab in more than 3 1/2 years.
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Weather forecasts were not encouraging,  but space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to return to Earth on  Thursday in an afternoon landing at Kennedy Space Center in  Florida.
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Weather forecasts were not encouraging, but space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to return to Earth on Thursday in an afternoon landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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The space shuttle Atlantis has been successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Unfavorable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida led NASA flight controllers to wave off a Thursday touchdown for space shuttle Atlantis.  Two landing opportunities existed Thursday -- the first at 1:55 p.m. EDT and the second at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Atlantis   roared off its seaside Florida launch pad on Saturday after two   weeks of delays, setting the stage for NASA to resume assembly   of the International Space Station.
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Safely back after two-week mission Brief The space shuttle Atlantis touched down at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 15:49 local time (19:49 GMT) today after bad weather forced a diversion from the planned landing at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.â¦
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis was rolled out to its seaside launch pad on Thursday in preparation for a planned liftoff in March on the first of five missions NASA hopes to fly this year.
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By Alicia Chang  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.  --  Atlantis and its seven astronauts took a cross-country detour and landed safely in the Mojave Desert Friday, ending a two-week mission of construction on the international space station and bring a crew member home from the outpost.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday to start a week-long stay to deliver electricity-generating solar panels and a new crewmember to the orbital outpost.