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Shuttle docks at international space station :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery performed a slow back flip and then docked at the international space station on Monday, delivering a mammoth lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear. (article 1)
HOUSTON Space shuttle Discovery's seven-member crew completed an inspection of the spacecraft's wings Sunday afternoon, looking for any signs of damage after launching a day earlier. (article 5)
HOUSTON Final outfitting of the international space station's new lab, replacing an empty nitrogen gas tank and retrieving some debris off of a solar wing rotating joint were the tasks Sunday for the final spacewalk of space shuttle Discovery's crew. (article 7)
On Saturday one week into their mission the astronauts planned to test drive the lab's 33-foot robot arm. (article 6)
In the shadow of the Kennedy Space Center, the countdown has begun in the towns that run on the space program's clock. (article 9)
NASA is retiring its shuttle fleet in two years, and for at least five years after that, no humans will launch from Florida's Space Coast. (article 9)
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)
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- Shuttle docks at international space station :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 592 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/14/2008, 482 words)
- Weather appears good for shuttle's landing :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 474 words)
- Last minute work for shuttle before hatches close :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 411 words)
- Discovery crew finishes look at shuttle wings :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 519 words)
- Shuttle flight hits halfway mark :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 394 words)
- Shuttle astronauts to go on final spacewalk :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 452 words)
- Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 06/16/2008, 1159 words)
- Shuttle retirement will hurt Florida's Space Coast - (baltimoresun.com, 06/15/2008, 556 words)
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