Atlantis Crew Begins Shuttle Inspection
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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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Astronauts used a sensor-equipped robot  arm to look for damage to space shuttle Discovery's heat shield  on Wednesday as the orbiter headed toward a rendezvous with the  International Space Station.
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Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are preparing for the mission's first spacewalk.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the newly repaired space shuttle Atlantis arrived at its Florida spaceport on Monday as NASA prepared to launch the ship on a mission to deliver a European space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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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 crew of the international space station welcomed Atlantis's six astronauts on board yesterday after the space shuttle arrived carrying the first new addition for the orbiting laboratory in more than three years.
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Space shuttle Atlantis nears the International Space Station, where will dock for a maintenance mission.
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The crew of space shuttle Atlantis on their first day in orbit Friday trained a camera on the spaceship's thermal shield to search for any damage from a loose piece of insulation that broke off during liftoff, NASA said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The six crew members of space shuttle Atlantis strapped into the spacecraft and ran through a practice countdown Friday in preparation for the program's first launch of the year next month. "It went seamlessly," NASA spokesman Bill Johnson said.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Early results from an inspection of space shuttle Atlantis using sensors attached to a boom showed no evidence of damage to the shuttle's thermal skin as it soars to the international space station, a flight director said Sunday.
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By Rasha Madkour Associated Press  HOUSTON -- 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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis' astronauts gave the ship's wings and nose one last inspection Monday with a remotely operated TV camera and laser, and NASA said there appeared to be no damage that would prevent the shuttle from coming home.
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Atlantis shuttle astronauts are set to install a key new segment to the half-finished International Space Station in the first ISS construction work since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER HOUSTON - Hours after undocking from the international space station Tuesday, Atlantis' seven astronauts began a final inspection of the space shuttle to make sure its heat shield was ready to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
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SPACE.com / CAPE  CANAVERAL, - The six astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis will conduct an unprecedented third inspection of their orbiter's heat shield before landing this week to ensure its integrity after an unidentified object appeared to shake free of the spacecraft this morning, NASA's shuttle chief said late Tuesday.
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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.