Mission accomplished, shuttle leaves station
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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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Space shuttle Atlantis  sailed away from the International Space Station on Monday,  leaving behind a new crew member and Europe's first permanent  orbital laboratory.
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HOUSTON -- Seven astronauts aboard NASA&#39;s shuttle Atlantis cast off from the International Space Station (ISS) Tuesday, leaving the orbital laboratory with a more balanced look after installing new starboard solar wings.
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The space shuttle Atlantis has been successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Hours after undocking from the international space station Tuesday, Atlantis' seven astronauts finished 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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Two astronauts floated out of the   International Space Station on Friday to complete work on new   solar energy panels in the third and final spacewalk of a   shuttle mission to restart construction of the half-finished   outpost.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 15 -- After a final six-hour spacewalk Friday, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis finished building out the expanded solar energy system on the international space station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA mission managers cleared the space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew for a planned Thursday landing after resolving two final issues.
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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 SETH BORENSTEIN  HOUSTON - 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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By Traci Watson  NASA engineers cleared space shuttle Atlantis for landing today, concluding after inspections that an object seen drifting near the vehicle and three more pieces of nearby debris were not a worry.
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By Seth Borenstein Associated Press  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 SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - 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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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  NASA declared that it's back in the space- station assembly business Thursday after shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts safely returned from a 12-day mission to install a new piece of the orbiting outpost.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Tuesday cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff in two days on a mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 11 &#151; The shuttle Atlantis slid gently into place Monday morning at its destination, the International Space Station, clearing the way for construction of the station to begin again.
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The shuttle Atlantis astronauts   completed their work on the International Space Station on   Friday with a third and final spacewalk to put the finishing   touches on a new power module and set up gear for NASA's next   service call.