Goals accomplished, Discovery heads home
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Separated from the international space station Saturday, their heat shielding inspected one last time for damage and all their goals accomplished, the astronauts of the space shuttle Discovery were ready to come home.
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The world's leading center for research into the origins of matter on Wednesday took a giant step toward completion of a 15-year project which scientists hope will unlock many secrets of the universe.
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In a routine familiar to travelers on Earth, shuttle astronauts were spending Tuesday packing their things, indulging in their surroundings for one last day and making sure their vehicle is ready for the ride home.
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The crew of Discovery begins a 14-day mission to the space station, after a successful launch from Florida.
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Discovery arrives at the International Space Station to carry out a challenging construction mission.
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The Discovery headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a scan showed no damage to the shuttle during the first night-time launch since the 2003 Columbia disaster, mission managers said on Sunday.
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They are returning home with a sense of accomplishment, but also with feelings of anger and frustration, even despair.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Dec. 12 -- Astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk Tuesday, the first of three difficult forays outside space shuttle Discovery during its stay at the international space station.
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The advent of space tourism is one step closer with the safe return this week of a private manned rocketship from âthe edge of spaceâ.
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The arrival of the space shuttle Discovery will mark the next stage in construction.
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ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN - Russia&#39;s Soyuz TMA-4 capsule returned safely home early Sunday morning following a six-month stay at the international space station.
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Space shuttle Discovery  was rolled out from its processing hangar on Sunday, as NASA  moved to keep to a tight schedule for Discovery&#39;s launch on a  milestone International Space Station construction mission next  month.
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The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely yesterday after a mission that successfully tested many of the safety modifications put into place after the Columbia disaster four years ago.
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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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NASA&#39;s space shuttle Discovery moved a step closer toward launch Monday as engineers worked to join the orbiter with the twin rocket boosters and fuel tank that will aid its flight into space next month.
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The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth early this morning, after a 12-day mission that included construction of the international space station for the first time since the loss of the shuttle Columbia in 2003.
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By AP  HOUSTON   NASA gave space shuttle Atlantis the all-clear to come home today after a stem-to-stern inspection prompted by a mysterious flurry of orbital litter found no damage to the ship.