Space Shuttle Atlantis

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  Russian Space Medic Who Led Mars Experiment Dies At 64

  Boris Morukov, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor who led an extraordinary experiment in which volunteers simulated a flight to Mars while never leaving a Moscow car park, has died at 64, his scientific institute said Friday.

• Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis

  Space shuttle Atlantis' final journey to retirement is down broad industrial avenues, most of them off-limits to the public. So Friday's trek won't replicate the narrow, stop-and-go turns Endeavour encountered last month while navigating downtown Los Angeles.

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  Shuttle Atlantis lifts off for final time

  The four-member crew blasted off on a 12-day mission just before 11:30 a.m. The four -- all shuttle veterans -- are on their way to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.

• Obama dials for pizza, gets space station

  Astronauts aboard the International Space Station got a very long-distance call from US President Barack Obama, who joked that he thought he was dialing out for pizza.

• Shuttle Atlantis lifts off for final time

  The four-member crew blasted off on a 12-day mission just before 11:30 a.m. The four -- all shuttle veterans -- are on their way to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.

• Space shuttle Atlantis lands for final time

  It marked the end of Atlantis' 25 years of service. Only two shuttle missions remain, by NASA's two other spaceships.