Space shuttle Atlantis lands in California
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California  - U.S. space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Friday after a fiery descent through the Earth's atmosphere that capped a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO  By Juan A. Lozano  The Associated Press  HOUSTON  The crews of Atlantis and the international space station greeted each other with hugs and handshakes Sunday after the space shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost.
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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.
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The U.S. shuttle Atlantis was in orbit Saturday, heading for the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA decided on Friday to land the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis at a backup landing site in California after clouds and rain prevented it from landing at its home port in Florida.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted off Friday from the Kennedy Space Center for a mission to the orbiting International Space Station, the first shuttle mission of 2007.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the newly repaired space shuttle Atlantis arrived at its Florida spaceport on Monday as NASA prepared to launch the ship on a mission to deliver a European space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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By John Porretto Associated Press  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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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis touched down on Friday in California's Mojave Desert after rain and thick clouds prevented it from returning to its home port in Florida.
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Space shuttle Atlantis arrives at the International Space Station to deliver Europe's Columbus science laboratory.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a construction mission to the International Space Station on Friday, ending a three-month grounding to repair the ship's hail-battered fuel tank.
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By ALICIA CHANG  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Atlantis' seven astronauts prepared to return to Houston from California on Saturday to reunite with their families, a day after the space shuttle was diverted to the state but landed safely.
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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, Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Rain and low clouds prevented Atlantis from returning to Florida on Thursday, but mission managers were hopeful the space shuttle would be able to touch down a day later, even if it meant landing in California.
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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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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., June 22 Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edward's Air Force Base in California on Friday after a fiery descent through the Earth's atmosphere that capped a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
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Urgent: Shuttle Atlantis lands safely at Kennedy Space Center    WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Space shuttle Atlantis lands safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:21 a.m.