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Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off With Full Load of Supplies

NASA executed a flawless space shuttle launch today, as the shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the International Space Station. Atlantis was fully loaded with supplies for the ISS, as the ISS stocks up with only five more shuttle flights on the schedule.

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Atlantis Prepares For Monday Shuttle Launch

Atlantis, carrying a crew of six and supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) is preparing for launch this afternoon. Recent shuttle launches have been an exercise in fusrtration, but this one is currently scheduled for Monday afternoon at 2:28 PM EST.

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Space Shuttle Discovery Lands at Edwards,Air Force Base

Detouring because of stormy weather, the space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts took a detoured to California, blasting Southern California with its customary sonic boom before landing safely in at Edwards Air Force Base.

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands Safely in Florida

After a long, 16-day Internation Space Station (ISS) construction mission, space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday. The mission had been long delayed by weather and operational difficulties.

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Shuttle Launches, But is Hit by Pieces of Insulation

After five unsuccessful tries, Shuttle Endeavour launched on Wednesday on what will be a 16 day trip to the ISS. Endeavour commander Mark Polansky leads a crew of seven that includes Canadian Julie Payette and NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, David Wolf, Chris Cassidy, Thomas Marshburn and Tim Kopra. Kopra will replace Koichi Wakata of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency as an Expedition 20 flight engineer.

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Shuttle Ready for Sixth Launch Try

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Shuttle Endeavor is on the launch pad, ready to make yet another launch attempt late Wednesday.

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Atlantis Landing In California, Finally Home

Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards AFB at 11:39 EDT, completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space.

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NASA Postpones Shuttle Landing Schedule For Sunday

NASA says Atlantis shuttle landing is postponed for tomorrow as the crew is waiting for a better weather. Earlier NASA delayed shuttle landing and had the schedule set for this Saturday, but today NASA changed shuttle landing schedule for Sunday due to bad weather at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Shuttle Atlantis Landing Postponed Until Saturday

Mission controllers have waved off space shuttle Atlantis landing today due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Shuttle landing is postponed until Saturday.

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Atlantis Launches on Hubble Repair Mission

The last hurrah for Hubble is here; the space shuttle Atlantis and its crew launched Monday on a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. This is NASA's fifth and last repair mission to the Hubble.

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Space Shuttle Lands After Delay for Bad Weather

The space shuttle Discovery, its crew of seven and a returning astronaut landed safely on Saturday after a construction mission that ended with the International Space Station finally having all its solar wings.

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Space-Walkers Install ISS Solar Wings

Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station this week, bringing with it the final American-made components: a $300 million set of solar arrays.

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