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Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news178530037.html Space & Earth Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:58:45 EST news178530037 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts will spend Thanksgiving checking their ship for the ride home. http://www.physorg.com/news178441030.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:58:44 EST news178441030 (AP) -- A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news178173731.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:45:04 EST news178173731 (AP) -- Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it. http://www.physorg.com/news178121869.html Space & Earth Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:50:02 EST news178121869 (AP) -- The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time. http://www.physorg.com/news177919612.html Space & Earth Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:11:35 EST news177919612 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost running for another decade. http://www.physorg.com/news177759407.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:26:14 EST news177759407 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts scoured their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage while pursuing the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news177658920.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:22:48 EST news177658920 (AP) -- Astronauts climbed aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for an afternoon liftoff to the space station, as the sky over the launching site gradually cleared. http://www.physorg.com/news177603466.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:18:17 EST news177603466 (AP) -- NASA is fueling space shuttle Atlantis for its afternoon liftoff. http://www.physorg.com/news177572532.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:43:25 EST news177572532 (AP) -- Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets. http://www.physorg.com/news177516068.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:30:01 EST news177516068 (AP) -- NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts. http://www.physorg.com/news177440471.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:02:27 EST news177440471 (PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis. http://www.physorg.com/news177345802.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:43:54 EST news177345802 (PhysOrg.com) -- At today's launch countdown status briefing held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, managers reported space shuttle Atlantis, its payload and crew are ready for launch at 2:28 p.m. EST on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news177340580.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:02 EST news177340580 (PhysOrg.com) -- Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. http://www.physorg.com/news177271030.html Nanotechnology Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:58:36 EST news177271030 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galileo spacecraft began what would become a 14-year odyssey of exploration 20 years ago this Sunday, Oct. 18. Galileo was humanity's first emissary to orbit a planet in the outer solar system - Jupiter. http://www.physorg.com/news175199898.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:39:48 EST news175199898 (PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, NASA Twitter followers are invited to view a space shuttle launch in person at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news174732640.html Space & Earth Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:10:01 EST news174732640 (AP) -- The space shuttle Atlantis is back home in Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news163190809.html Space & Earth Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:47:02 EST news163190809 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis has begun its ferry flight home from California to Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news163084141.html Space & Earth Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:09:35 EST news163084141 Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:39 a.m. EDT, completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space. http://www.physorg.com/news162390281.html Space & Earth Sun, 24 May 2009 13:25:40 EST news162390281 (AP) -- Thunderstorms prevented space shuttle Atlantis from returning to its home base Saturday for the second day in a row, and kept the astronauts circling Earth after a successful repair job at the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news162268837.html Space & Earth Sat, 23 May 2009 07:35:47 EST news162268837 (AP) -- Thunderstorms raking NASA's spaceport kept space shuttle Atlantis in orbit an extra day Friday, giving the crew unwanted downtime as they aimed for a landing the next day. After passing up two opportunities to land Friday at Kennedy Space Center, Mission Control thanked the seven astronauts for their patience. http://www.physorg.com/news162194200.html Space & Earth Fri, 22 May 2009 17:34:38 EST news162194200 (AP) -- NASA is waiting for a break in Florida's rainy weather so the space shuttle Atlantis can return home on schedule. http://www.physorg.com/news162183827.html Space & Earth Fri, 22 May 2009 04:04:06 EST news162183827 (AP) -- Tests and testifying will take up what NASA hopes is the last day in orbit for the space shuttle Atlantis. http://www.physorg.com/news162110103.html Space & Earth Thu, 21 May 2009 07:35:27 EST news162110103 (AP) -- President Barack Obama told the astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday that they are an example of the dedication and commitment to exploration that represents America. http://www.physorg.com/news162108523.html Space & Earth Thu, 21 May 2009 07:10:05 EST news162108523 (AP) -- Sometimes all the high-tech training is nothing compared to what Uncle Frank and a big screwdriver can teach an astronaut about removing stubborn parts, even 350 miles above Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news162054205.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 16:04:01 EST news162054205 (AP) -- Astronauts are conserving power on the space shuttle Atlantis because bad weather in Florida may keep them in orbit longer than planned. http://www.physorg.com/news162045649.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 13:41:15 EST news162045649 (AP) -- After five grueling spacewalks to fix the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis gets a day off. http://www.physorg.com/news162016566.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 05:37:37 EST news162016566 (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts tenderly dropped the Hubble Space Telescope overboard Tuesday, sending the restored observatory off on a new voyage of discovery and bidding it farewell on behalf of the planet. http://www.physorg.com/news161937231.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 09:52:22 EST news161937231 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Monday to finish repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope, never to be touched by human hands again. http://www.physorg.com/news161846037.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 09:33:48 EST news161846037 A small piece of debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test passed by the space shuttle Atlantis, but not close enough to require an evasive maneuver, NASA said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news161507567.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 May 2009 08:13:08 EST news161507567