EDITORIAL: Bolts into the Blue: A String of Successful Shuttle Launches is Restoring Confidence and Excitement to U.S. Space Effort.
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By Houston Chronicle  Sep. 14--After tragedy delayed their mission more than three years, the six crew members of the space shuttle Atlantis are finally at work on the long-postponed completion of the International Space Station.
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The US space agency, NASA, says work continues on safety improvements on the space shuttle design in anticipation of the shuttle&#39;s return to flight in 2005.
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Though cargo is piling up in the International Space Station and shuttles won&#39;t fly until after the new crew leaves, the astronauts on board are optimistic about their mission.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle   Atlantis returned safely to its Florida home port on Thursday,   capping a successful mission to resume International Space   Station construction after the 2003 Columbia accident.
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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 successful shuttle Atlantis mission has finally given NASA something to celebrate this year after being rocked by an astronaut&#39;s arrest and a shooting at its Houston campus.
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NASA officials said Thursday that they had made significant progress in making shuttles safer and changing the way they do business.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The weather forecast for Friday&#39;s evening liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis has improved and NASA officials are optimistic launch will take place as planned.
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Astronauts assigned to NASA's first space shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster said on Friday they are confident mistakes and technical problems that led to that accident are in the past.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A hail storm left hundreds of divots on space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank, and NASA managers weren't sure Tuesday if the damage was severe enough to postpone next month's launch.
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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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CLEVELAND, OH -- As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agencyâs risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  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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HOUSTON, Sept. 14 -- The two broad wings of the international space station's new solar energy system unfurled smoothly this morning, successfully completing the main task of the shuttle Atlantis mission.
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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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Shuttle Atlantis astronauts said on   Saturday that, despite a few glitches, they had gotten NASA off   to a good start in its push to complete construction of the   half-finished International Space Station by 2010.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Clouds of concern gathered for Thursday night's liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery as NASA downgraded launch chances to 40 percent due to weather.