Atlantis Returns Home ; Shuttle Completes Two Week Mission to Space Station, Brings U.S. Astronaut Back
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Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely yesterday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the International Space Station and bring a crew member home.  Atlantis crossed the Pacific and glided to a stop at 12:49 p.m.
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NASA declared that it's back in the space-station assembly business Thursday after shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts safely returned from a 12-day mission to install a big new piece of the orbiting outpost.
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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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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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER "Suni" Williams breaks a 1996 record for time on a space flight by a woman.  HOUSTON -- Atlantis was cleared Saturday to return to Earth this coming week after the space shuttle's heat shield was judged capable of surviving the intense heat of re-entry, and a U.S.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts glided to a safe landing in darkness early Thursday, ending a successful mission to return to work on the international space station.&quot;Glad to be back. It was a great team effort.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  May 31--A two-day flight readiness review ended Thursday with NASA formally clearing shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts for a long-delayed mission to the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle   Atlantis returned safely to its Florida home on Thursday,   capping a successful mission to resume International Space   Station construction 3-1/2 years after the 2003 Columbia   disaster.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Atlantis coasted away from the International Space Station on Tuesday, leaving behind sparkling new solar wings to boost power, a fresh crew member and a mystery about what knocked out the outpost's computers.
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By Mike Schneider, Associated Press  HOUSTON -- Hours after undocking from the international space station Tuesday, Atlantis' seven astronauts finished a final inspection of the space shuttle to make sure its heat shield was ready to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
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By JOE STINEBAKER HOUSTON - An astronaut from the space shuttle Atlantis collapsed twice Friday during a welcome home ceremony, a wobbly return that officials attributed to the adjustment from 12 days at zero gravity.
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By Seth Borenstein Associated Press  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.
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Atlantis' astronauts aimed for a morning touchdown Wednesday to conclude a two-week mission that expanded the international space station with the addition of a new European lab.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA cleared space   shuttle Atlantis to return to Earth on Thursday, confident that   unidentified objects spotted floating near the spaceship did   not result from damage to its heat shield or other critical   equipment.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#8211; Six astronauts and their shuttle Atlantis are safely back on Earth after returning NASA and its partners on a path to complete the International Space Station (ISS).
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Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the   International Space Station on Sunday to end a stay in which   the Atlantis crew resumed station construction after a nearly   four-year hiatus by installing a massive new solar power unit.
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Space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station, ending its 10-day mission and starting its journey back to Earth.  Springs pushed the shuttle from the space station at 10:42 a.m. EDT Tuesday before the shuttle fired its steering jets.