Atlantis shuttle set for return
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Space shuttle Atlantis is due to return to Earth today, but stormy weather could yet delay its landing.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Astronauts aboard the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis prepared on Wednesday for their imminent return to Earth, provided Florida's fickle weather cooperates.
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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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A pair of veteran NASA spacewalkers is set to return to the International Space Station (ISS) this week aboard the shuttle Atlantis to help boost the orbital laboratory&#39;s power supply.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Atlantis got the go-ahead from NASA on Thursday for a June 8 launch to resume construction of the International Space Station, after a three-month delay to repair hailstone damage.
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The Atlantis orbiter detaches from the International Space Station for a return to Earth on Thursday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The countdown clock began ticking on Tuesday for the planned launch this week of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, which will return the beleaguered shuttle program to space after a six-month hiatus.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA postponed the return of Atlantis for at least a day and examined the shuttle for damage that could prevent it from making the journey home after a mysterious object apparently fell off the ship in orbit Tuesday.
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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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The Atlantis orbiter is set to return to Earth after installing Europe's Columbus science lab on the space station.
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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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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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA planned another attempt to return the space shuttle to Earth on Friday after bad weather in Florida a day earlier kept Atlantis' seven astronauts in space an extra 24 hours.
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The crew of the US shuttle Atlantis inspected the craft for damage sustained during takeoff as they headed out into space, preparing to dock with the International Space Station on Sunday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 29 -- Five hours after the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis left its seaside launchpad to ride out expected high winds and rain from tropical storm Ernesto, NASA officials announced they were taking the shuttle back to the pad as the storm no longer posed a sufficient threat...