Shuttle Atlantis Heads for Home
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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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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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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis   packed up on Tuesday as they prepared to return from their   11-day mission to expand the International Space Station.
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The crews of the space shuttle and station say a teary farewell after more than a week of working tirelessly together to build a bigger and better scientific outpost in orbit. Atlantis is scheduled to undock early Monday, its load considerably lighter than when it arrived Feb. 9 with Europe's premiere space laboratory, Columbus.
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Weather forecasts were not encouraging,  but space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to return to Earth on  Thursday in an afternoon landing at Kennedy Space Center in  Florida.
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Space shuttle Atlantis began its long trek home on Tuesday after a nine-day stay at the International Space Station in which crew members installed new solar energy panels and battled balky computers.
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NASA will try again on  Friday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and seven  astronauts home after bad weather prevented its planned landing  in Florida on Thursday.
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A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis took off Sunday on a return trip to the shuttle's launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis lifted off from its Florida home port on Thursday on a  mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to  the International Space Station.
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Weather forecasts were not encouraging, but space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to return to Earth on Thursday in an afternoon landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The shuttle Atlantis astronauts moved spacesuits onto the International Space Station and packed up old equipment to bring home on Sunday, while scientists prepared for the first experiments in Europe's new Columbus laboratory.
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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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Space shuttle Discovery&#039;s astronauts got some happy news Sunday: It&#039;s safe to fly home. Mission Control informed the crew of six that the ship&#039;s thermal shielding is &quot;100 percent cleared for entry&quot; in another week.
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Space shuttle Atlantis began its long  trek home on Tuesday after a nine-day stay at the International  Space Station in which crew members installed new solar energy  panels and battled balky computers.
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Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely yesterday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the International Space Station and bring a crew member home.  Atlantis crossed the Pacific and glided to a stop at 12:49 p.m.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - 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.
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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.