Shuttle Blasts Off Safely After Weeks of Delays
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After two weeks of postponements caused by bad weather and nagging mechanical problems, the space shuttle Atlantis is headed to the International Space Station.
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NASA was optimistic that the Space Shuttle Atlantis would still land as expected on Thursday, after a favorable weather report and preliminary inspections that did not turn up damage from floating debris found near the shuttle.
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Space shuttle Discovery was cleared for Thursday's liftoff after NASA resolved technical concerns, but possible clouds and rain threatened to delay the launch.
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The space shuttle Atlantis has been successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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A 'majestic' launch NASA managed to get Shuttle off the ground yesterday, and in the nick of time too. Any later and they'd have had to postpone the launch to avoid messing up the Russians' schedule for visiting the International Space Station.â¦
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The space shuttle Atlantis took off on a mission to resume construction of the International Space Station for the first time since the Columbia disaster.
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The shuttle Atlantis safely landed in Florida Wednesday, completing a successful mission to install Europe's first space laboratory.
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The US-Russian space crew due to blast off Thursday say they expect six &quot;pleasant&quot; months in orbit, despite a technical glitch that has twice delayed the launch.
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After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  --  First it was the lightning strike. Then a tropical storm. Then a glitch in a geriatric motor.  After two weeks of postponements, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis was as far into the launch countdown as they had ever been.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.
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NASA's Deep Impact comet-busting spacecraft emerged from "safe mode" and was operating normally, the space agency said Thursday.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis made a flawless landing after a successful 12-day mission that NASA officials hailed as proof their troubled space program is back on track.
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The space shuttle Endeavour glided to a safe landing at the Kennedy Space Center, apparently not much worse for wear.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the space   shuttle Atlantis climbed into their ship for launch from   Florida on Friday, but a problem with a sensor in the shuttle's   external fuel tank may prompt another delay, officials said.
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WASHINGTON -- With a slow and determined pace, NASA's shuttle Atlantis rolled out to its Florida launch site Thursday, where the spacecraft is slated to rocket towards the International Space Station (ISS) in one month's time.