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Atlantis lands in Florida

Nov. 27, 2009
Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center this morning after a mission to deliver spare parts to the international space station.
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Atlantis undocks from space station

Atlantis undocks from space station

HOUSTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday, beginning the return to Earth.
Space shuttle Discovery to land Saturday

Space shuttle Discovery to land Saturday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says the shuttle Discovery is expected to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a Saturday landing in Florida.

NASA extends the space station contract

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has given a two-year, $650 million contract extension to the Boeing Co. for engineering support of the International Space Station.

NASA: Atlantis to move to its launch pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency planned to move space shuttle Atlantis Saturday to its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a December launch.

NASA looks at next space station component

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said the next pressurized component of the International Space Station will be launched Dec. 6.

Russian freighter heads for space station

MOSCOW, June 24 (UPI) -- Russia successfully launched a space freighter Saturday that carries supplies for the International Space Station. The Progress M-57 freighter, propelled by a Soyuz rocket, was launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti reported.

NASA to welcome EU space station component

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 24 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency's research laboratory, named Columbus, is to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 30.

NASA changes Boeing space station contract

HOUSTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Officials at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston announced a modification Wednesday to a contract with The Boeing Company.

Shuttle set to for return to Earth

HOUSTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The Discovery crew prepared for the shuttle's departure from the International Space Station for a return to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Atlantis soars back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 19 (UPI) --
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic