Shuttle Atlantis leaves space station, headed home
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Shuttle Atlantis leaves space station, headed home
The shuttle Atlantis has successfully separated from the international space station early Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver gear to keep the outpost operating after the shuttle program is retired next year.Atlantis and its seven astronauts are due to land back at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.Two of Atlantis' crew members are especially eager to get home-- astronaut Nicole Stott has been in orbit since late August and Randolph Bresnik who became a new father while in space. His daughter was born Saturday in Houston, Texas shortly after his first spacewalk.
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