Shuttle Atlantis

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Posted 09.20.2011

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Space shuttle Atlantis landed early Thursday morning at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The touchdown marks not only the end of Atlantis' final fl...

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End Of An Era: Space Shuttle Makes Historic Final Landing

AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 09.20.2011

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See video of Atlantis' landing below. Click here for photos of the touchdown. (AP, By MARCIA DUNN) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Atlantis and four astronau...

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Emergency Alarm Wakes Space Shuttle Astronauts To Computer Failure

AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 09.15.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The pilots on NASA's last space shuttle flight fixed another one of their main computers Friday after it failed and set off an...

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Space Shuttle Blasts Off For The Last Time

AP | Marcia Dunn | Posted 09.07.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's final four shuttle astronauts boarded Atlantis for liftoff Friday on the last flight of the 30-year program, even as po...

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Watch: Atlantis - The Last Shuttle Flight

Posted 09.07.2011

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Astronauts, Astronomers and others connected with the shuttle program reflect on its successes and failures, ahead of the final shuttle launch on Frid...

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Historic Final Return to Earth

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 08.01.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's 30-year shuttle program inched closer to the end Wednesday, wrapping up its second-to-last mission and moving Atla...

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Spacewalking 'Superhero' Wows Astronauts

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A spacewalking astronaut freed a snagged cable on the inspection boom for shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, accomplishing th...

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Randy Bresnik: Astronaut Stuck In Space While Wife Giving Birth

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into ...

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Space Shuttle Launch: Chicago Surgeon To Operate On Space Station's Robotic Arms

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The nation's space program is calling on a Chicago surgeon to fix faulty robotic arms on the international space station, Monifa Thomas of the Chicago...

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Atlantis, crew land in Calif. after Hubble mission

AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday, detouring from stormy Flori...

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Hubble Spacewalk PHOTOS: Astronauts Have Trouble With Hubble Repair Work

AP Aerospace Writer | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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***SCROLL DOW FOR PHOTOS*** CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts had to install a refurbished pair of gyroscopes in the Hubble Space Telesc...

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Atlantis Astronauts Grab Hubble Space Telescope, Now Face 5 Treacherous Space Walks

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis' astronauts grabbed the Hubble Space Telescope on Wednesday, then quickly set their sights on the difficult, dan...

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Space Shuttle Launch: WATCH IT LIVE

Posted 05.25.2011

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The space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off today at 2:01pm for its most dangerous mission ever: repairing the Hubble Telescope. The mission will ...

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Space Shuttle Launch: VIDEO Atlantis Blasts Off To Hubble Telescope

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis blasted off Monday for the Hubble Space Telescope on the most delicate and dangerous repair job ever in orbit _ ...

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NASA's Most Dangerous Ever Shuttle Mission To Fix Hubble Telescope Set To Blast Off

Daily Mail | Jacqui Goddard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nasa is set to dispatch seven astronauts on its most dangerous ever shuttle mission as it attempts to rescue the $7 billion Hubble Space Telescope fro...

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