Atlantis Leaves Space Station
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press  Video:  Raw Video: Astronauts Prepare to Come Home     The crew is expected to arrive back on Earth Wednesday; meanwhile, a Russian Soyuz craft launches today.   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Shuttle Atlantis started for home on Tuesday, leaving the International Space Station with new solar power wings, a fresh crew member and a mystery over what knocked out the space station's computers.
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The shuttle Atlantis undocks from the International Space Station, after a highly complex 11-day mission.
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The U.S. shuttle Atlantis was in orbit Saturday, heading for the International Space Station.
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The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis lifted off from its Florida home port on Thursday on a  mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to  the International Space Station.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted off Friday from the Kennedy Space Center for a mission to the orbiting International Space Station, the first shuttle mission of 2007.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - After a nearly 10-day stay at the international space station that included construction work and a computer meltdown, space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to begin its return trip to Earth.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis ended a two-day journey to the International Space Station on Sunday, slipping into a berthing port to deliver more solar-powered panels and a new crewmember to the orbital outpost.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis closed their spaceship's cargo bay doors on Thursday, hoping clouds covering the Kennedy Space Center in Florida would clear in time for landing.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - With hugs and   handshakes, the shuttle Atlantis astronauts left the space   station crew on Sunday, climbed aboard their ship and fired   steering jets to begin the journey back to Earth.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis was poised to leave the International Space Station Monday after a nine-day visit that gave the laboratory a European annex -- and a French scientist to bolster its crew.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis closed their ship's cargo bay doors on Friday, hoping for good weather that would allow them to return to Earth after two weeks in orbit.
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Space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station, ending its 10-day mission and starting its journey back to Earth.  Springs pushed the shuttle from the space station at 10:42 a.m. EDT Tuesday before the shuttle fired its steering jets.
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HOUSTON - The seven astronauts of NASA's shuttle Atlantis will say adieu to their counterparts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday as they prepare to head home after delivering a new European lab.
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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis   packed up gear and checked out their spacecraft on Tuesday as   they prepared to come home from their 11-day mission to the   International Space Station.
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The Atlantis orbiter detaches from the International Space Station for a return to Earth on Thursday.
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HOUSTON  -- Space shuttle Atlantis neared the end  of a two-day orbital journey on Saturday, approaching the  International Space Station to deliver Europe's first permanent  space research laboratory.