Astronauts use robot arm for shuttle safety scan
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Astronauts used a robot arm to scan the space shuttle Discovery's heat shield for damage on Wednesday as it headed for a Thursday rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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Space shuttle Atlantis safely touched down in Florida on Wednesday following a 13-day mission to the International Space Station, NASA television images showed.
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The two-man crew aboard the International Space Station successfully completed a 5 1/2-hour spacewalk Wednesday to set up a robotics experiment and help engineers fix a problem with the station's oxygen generator.
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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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An inspection of the U.S. space shuttle   Atlantis on Wednesday found no sign of damage but cautious NASA   managers ordered closer scrutiny of the ship's protective heat   shield and other critical systems just to be sure.
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Atlantis astronauts guided a robotic sensor arm along the outside of the shuttle Sunday to check for damage from its Florida launch.
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HOUSTON - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery will take a few hours off Monday after some delicate robotic arm work to move a massive girder outside the International Space Station (ISS), while engineers on Earth study contamination in one of the orbital laboratory's solar array-turning joints.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis' six astronauts began inspecting the space shuttle's thermal skin for damage early Sunday as they soared toward the international space station.
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA is hoping to develop techniques to allow a crew to repair damages to Space Shuttle in flight.
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Shuttle Atlantis astronauts used  cameras on a robot arm to inspect their spacecraft on Wednesday  to see if a mystery object seen falling near the ship posed a  threat to its safety.
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The top managers of NASA&#39;s human and robotic programs are coming together to share their expertise as the agency prepares to return a safer Space Shuttle to flight.
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The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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The crew of the U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery was preparing Sunday for its rendezvous with the International Space Station.  NASA said the crew was inspecting the shuttle's heat shield for any possible damage from Saturday's launch, and preparing tools necessary for the rendezvous.
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Shuttle Atlantis astronauts used   cameras on a robot arm to inspect their spacecraft on Wednesday   to see if a mystery object seen falling near the ship posed a   threat to its safety.
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Atlantis' crew Saturday inspected the U.S. space shuttle's heat shield and prepared for a Sunday rendezvous with the international space station.
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By Traci Watson  The crew of space shuttle Discovery did an unplanned inspection of their ship's heat shield as a precaution Monday after sensors detected a possible glancing blow to the left wing earlier in the day.
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The two space station astronauts left their orbiting home in the hands of ground controllers Wednesday and floated outside to install an experimental robotic arm and inspect vents that might be causing ...