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Shuttle Discovery returns to Earth, capping successful 2-week mission
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The mission was devoted to further construction of the $100 billion space station, including the delivery of the $1 billion main module of a Japanese laboratory known as Kibo, or Hope. (article 8)
There was a flurry of activity yesterday morning as members of the crew noticed an object floating away from the shuttle into space and saw what appeared to be a small protrusion sticking out of the rudder at the back of the craft. (article 10)
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab. (article 2)
NASA managers are confident the launch pad can be fixed in time for the next shuttle flight in October, by Atlantis to the Hubble Space Telescope. (article 1)
Ever since the Columbia tragedy five years ago, any shuttle part seen floating away in orbit gets NASA's attention und fast. (article 15)
A metal clip fell from Discovery's tail rudder on Friday but NASA said it won't delay the space shuttle's scheduled landing on Saturday. (article 6)
The space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the International Space Station early Wednesday as the 123rd mission of the shuttle fleet headed toward a close. (article 9)
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Shuttle, mission, Space, station, Discovery |
Source articles
- Shuttle Discovery Crew Glad to Be Back on Ground (Washington Post, 06/14/2008, 297 words)
- Shuttle Discovery streaks toward Earth (boston.com, 06/14/2008, 468 words)
- Shuttle Discovery returns to Earth (cbc.ca, 06/14/2008, 481 words)
- Shuttle Discovery returns to Earth, capping successful 2-week mission (cbc.ca, 06/14/2008, 467 words)
- NASA says clip that broke away from shuttle not critical to Saturday's landing (cbc.ca, 06/13/2008, 241 words)
- ABC News: NASA Gets Scare From Shuttle Debris (ABCNews, 06/13/2008, 336 words)
- Shuttle Returns Safely After a 14-Day Mission (nytimes.com, 06/15/2008, 627 words)
- Shuttle Returns After 14-Day Mission (nytimes.com, 06/15/2008, 659 words)
- Discovery Heads Back to Earth (nytimes.com, 06/12/2008, 554 words)
- Shuttle expected to land today (boston.com, 06/14/2008, 229 words)
- Shuttle Discovery Crew Glad to Be Back on Ground (Washington Post, 06/14/2008, 420 words)
- Shuttle lands despite losing clip (BBC News, 06/14/2008, 226 words)
- NASA: Missing clip no threat to re-entry (boston.com, 06/13/2008, 527 words)
- Lost clip no danger to shuttle, NASA says - (baltimoresun.com, 06/14/2008, 607 words)
- NASA: Missing clip no threat to re-entry (Washington Post, 06/14/2008, 401 words)
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