Sts-117 News
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After a successful mission to the International Space Station, space shuttle Atlantis and its STS-117 crew arrived home today at Edwards Air Force Base, one day later than planned. The landing was perfect.
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Cloudy skies and thunderstorms forced NASA to delay landing of space shuttle Atlantis to Friday, when it will open Edwards Air Force Base in addition to Kennedy Space Center for landing opportunities.
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Although weather forecasts look threatening, NASA will attempt to land space shuttle Atlantis tomorrow afternoon at Kennedy Space Center, where it launched into orbit two weeks ago.
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“Exploration isn’t necessary or always logical. It’s something that comes from inside each and every one of us,” astronaut Sunita Williams said in an emotional farewell to the International Space Station, where she has spent the past 191 days.
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The fourth spacewalk for Atlantis astronauts was completed on Sunday, accomplishing all extravehicular goals of the STS-117 mission. With a cleared heat shield, the shuttle is slated to close hatches with the ISS on Monday and undock the following day.
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NASA approved space shuttle Atlantis’ heat shield for reentry today, one day removed from a repair performed to a damaged thermal protection blanket. Also, all critical computers that failed aboard the ISS are now functioning normally.
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Two of three critical computers on the International Space Station were restored this afternoon while astronauts outside the orbiting laboratory repaired a damaged thermal blanket on shuttle Atlantis and successfully retracted a stubborn solar array.
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Focus of Atlantis’ mission to the International Space Station is quickly turning to three critical Russian computers that have failed, resulting in what could be a potential unmanning of the station should problems not be fixed soon.
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Potential critical problems have been looming for the International Space Station, but a ray of hope was delivered today when Russians were able to make contact with a troubled computer. ALSO: Solar array halfway folded; third spacewalk tomorrow.
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The second of four spacewalks scheduled for mission STS-117 was completed this evening, although all tasks weren’t accomplished. While the action was taking place above, NASA decided exactly when and how to fix damage to shuttle Atlantis.
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 Windsor holds liens on 117 properties because of significant tax arrears. That's more than three times the number on the list last year.
 Dwight Howard had 23 points and 10 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic win their third straight game, beating the Toronto Raptors 117-101 on Monday in Toronto.
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St Helens head coach Royce Simmons leaves the club following the 12-8 defeat by Bradford on Saturday.
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