Space shuttle safely lands in California
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The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth Friday, ending a two-week, five-million-mile mission for its crew of seven.
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Wrapping up a 13-day mission, NASA planned to land the shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida or Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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US space shuttle Atlantis breaks orbit to begins its descent for a landing in California, Nasa said.
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NASA gave space shuttle Atlantis the all-clear to come home Thursday after a stem-to-stern inspection prompted by a mysterious flurry of orbital litter found no damage to the ship.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - U.S. space shuttle Atlantis ended its cross-country flight atop a jumbo jet on Tuesday, touching down in Florida 11 days after returning from a construction mission to the International Space Station.
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The space shuttle Endeavour glided to a safe landing at the Kennedy Space Center, apparently not much worse for wear.
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MOJAVE: SpaceShipOne has landed safely in the California desert after a wild corkscrew-like ascent into space, and is now a step closer to a $US10 million prize intended to boost commercial-space travel.
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By AP  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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By ALICIA CHANG  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Atlantis' seven astronauts prepared to return to Houston from California on Saturday to reunite with their families, a day after the space shuttle was diverted to the state but landed safely.
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Space  shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California  on Friday after a fiery descent through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere  that capped a two-week 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  - Mounted atop a jumbo jet, U.S. space shuttle Atlantis began a cross-country flight from California on Sunday, and NASA officials said it should arrive back home in Florida as early as Monday.
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The shuttle Atlantis safely landed in Florida Wednesday, completing a successful mission to install Europe's first space laboratory.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - Mission managers on Saturday cleared Atlantis to land next week after concluding the space shuttle's heat shield was safe enough to withstand the intense heat of re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts glided to a safe landing in darkness early Thursday, ending a 12-day mission whose smooth success was briefly upstaged by the high drama caused by mysterious floating debris.
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NASA was optimistic that the Space Shuttle Atlantis would still land as expected on Thursday, after preliminary inspections did not turn up damage from floating debris found near the shuttle.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers said they plan to land the space shuttle Atlantis safely Friday, but the weather would determine the time and location.