Space shuttle prepares for final return journey

07/18/11 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- NASA's orbiting astronauts detached a huge storage bin full of trash from the International Space Station on Monday and loaded it aboard Atlantis for the last shuttle ride back to Earth.

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Astronauts load storage bin on last space shuttle

07/18/11 CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. (AP) - NASA's orbiting astronauts detached a huge storage bin full of trash from the International Space Station on Monday and loaded it aboard Atlantis for the last shuttle ride back to Earth. The astronauts used a hefty robotic arm to move the bus-size canister, stuffed with nearly ...

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City native Edelen is space station lead flight director

07/20/11 When International Space Station crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum were space-walking July 12 about 240 miles above Earth, they were being monitored and advised by a team at Mission Control at NASA Space Center in Houston, Texas, headed by Martinsville native Chris Edelen.

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