Atlantis crew reunites with families
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Atlantis' seven astronauts reunited with their families in Texas on Saturday, a day after the space shuttle capped a two-week mission with a perfect landing in the Mohave Desert. Sunita "Suni" Williams was especially happy to return to Earth after spending more than six months at the international space station.
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NASA Langley Research Center engineers whose work helped determine that a damaged portion of the shuttle needed to be fixed in space welcomed the return to Earth of the Atlantis yesterday.
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Two kidnapped Italian aid workers were today reunited with their families after being released and flown home from Iraq. Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were
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The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth early this morning, after a 12-day mission that included construction of the international space station for the first time since the loss of the shuttle Columbia in 2003.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Sep. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- The six astronauts of Atlantis, dressed in orange flight suits, climbed into the shuttle this morning as mission managers wrestled with another mechanical glitch that again could delay liftoff.
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Families of the two friends from Londonderry involved in a plane crash in Thailand are on their way to the scene.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#8211; Six astronauts and their shuttle Atlantis are safely back on Earth after returning NASA and its partners on a path to complete the International Space Station (ISS).
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SLIGO, Ireland - As Denis Lafleur prepared to return to Canada later today, his heart went out to the family of his fallen comrade, who did not survive last week&#39;s fire on their submarine, as well as his fellow crew still at sea.
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Separated from the international space station Saturday, their heat shielding inspected one last time for damage and all their goals accomplished, the astronauts of the space shuttle Discovery were ready to come home.
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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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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis  packed up gear and checked out their spacecraft on Tuesday as  they prepared to come home from their 11-day mission to the  International Space Station.
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With the space stationâs computers working again, the six-man crew of the space shuttle Atlantis packed up and prepared to go home.
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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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By Angie Herrington, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 21--Chattanoogan June Scobee Rodgers says she can relate to how the  families of the six astronauts on the Atlantis space shuttle must have felt  this morning before the spacecraft's expected return.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO  By Juan A. Lozano  The Associated Press  HOUSTON  The crews of Atlantis and the international space station greeted each other with hugs and handshakes Sunday after the space shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The international space station's three residents bade farewell to one set of houseguests Sunday and prepared for the arrival of more visitors.
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With hugs and  handshakes, the shuttle Atlantis astronauts left the space  station crew on Sunday, climbed aboard their ship and fired  steering jets to begin the journey back to Earth.