Space shuttle prepares for return to Earth
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis closed their spaceship's cargo bay doors on Thursday, hoping clouds covering the Kennedy Space Center in Florida would clear in time for landing.
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After an extensive review, NASA is planning its Return to Flight Space Shuttle mission, designated STS-114, for a launch window that opens in May 2005.
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Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center with Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching, the space shuttle Atlantis' six crew members flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch on Wednesday.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- If all unfolds as scheduled, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth on Thursday just before 2 p.m. EDT, its wheels will touch down on technology from Rohm and Haas.
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NASA is finally ready  to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle  Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff at 7:38  p.m. EDT on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Space shuttle Atlantis thundered into orbit Saturday with no obvious damage from debris to worry NASA or the six-member crew as they prepared to resume construction of the international space station for the first time since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
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NASA is hoping techniques that would enable a crew to repair damages to a space shuttle in flight will be ready for the shuttle's planned May 2005 return to space, officials with the agency said on Monday.
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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis   packed up gear and checked out their spacecraft on Tuesday as   they prepared to come home from their 11-day mission to the   International Space Station.
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Astronauts on shuttle Atlantis  conducted a final inspection of their spacecraft's heat shield  on Monday as they began early preparations for their return to  Earth.
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Space shuttle Atlantis headed for home on Wednesday with NASA pushing to get it back to Earth before the U.S. military tries to shoot a dead spy satellite out of the sky.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis prepared to undock from the International Space Station early Sunday after astronauts outfitted it with new solar panels designed to boost the station's power generating capacity.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Jun. 21--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Mission managers declared shuttle Atlantis fit to return to Earth today, but a higher authority -- nature -- might give the seven astronauts an extra day in space.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The seven-man crew assigned to the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to the International Space Station arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday in preparation for Friday's planned liftoff.
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Final preparations were underway Monday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited launch Wednesday of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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NASA prepared to launch  the space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday on a mission to deliver  Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International  Space Station.
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After a three-month delay, Atlantis is ready to blast off Friday on the first space shuttle mission of the year as NASA presses on with efforts to finish the International Space Station.
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Weather conditions were looking good for the Atlantis space shuttle and its seven crew to return to Earth on Wednesday, NASA officials said Tuesday.