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 Delta 2 rocket launch - A Delta 2 rocket lifts off with an international oceanography satellite.
ESA's lifting body - Europe's re-entry demonstrator should be approved soon for blastoff in late 2013.
Crew arrives at ISS - Next space station crew docks to orbiting complex in Soyuz capsule.
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Shuttle photo op - Spectacular photos of shuttle Endeavour docked to the space station.
Sea Launch update - Two missions are planned this year by Sea Launch from the Pacific Ocean and Kazakhstan.
Fresh crew launched - Reinforcements for the space station crew blast off on a Soyuz rocket.
Picking a destination - NASA will decide this summer where its next Mars rover will land.
Spirit's last images - A collection of the final photos returned from NASA's Spirit rover on Mars.
Atlantis on deck - Beautiful photos of shuttle Atlantis at sunrise on the launch pad.
Endeavour home - Concluding a 16-day mission, Endeavour returns to Earth for the final time.
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Atlantis leaves hangar for May launch
For the final scheduled time, the shuttle Atlantis rolled out of its processing bay around 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday morning. The shuttle stopped for several hours along the quarter-mile route to the Vehicle Assembly Building, allowing employees to pose for photographs with the spaceplane. Atlantis entered the Vehicle Assembly Building around 11 a.m. for attachment to its external tank and solid rocket boosters.
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
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Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
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