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Shuttle Cleared For Landing Despite Discovery of New Objects

This 19 September, 2006 NASA handout picture of unidentified possible small debris was recorded with a digital still camera by astronaut Daniel Burbank onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Engineers do not believe this to be the same object seen in video taken by shuttle TV cameras earlier in the day. Photo courtesy of NASA and AFP.
by Staff Writers
 Cape Canaveral (AFP) Sept 20, 2006
 NASA officials were closely monitoring objects found floating around the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, a day after officials delayed the shuttle's return over concerns about weather and floating debris. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said earlier that Atlantis's six astronauts would inspect the space shuttle once more before its scheduled return to Earth on Thursday.

On Tuesday, NASA delayed Wednesday's planned landing by 24 hours because of the discovery of a piece of unidentified debris orbiting near the shuttle, which may have come off the vehicle, and poor weather conditions for a landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

A NASA commentator said a camera on board the shuttle had detected a new object floating near Atlantis on Wednesday. It was at least the third piece of debris found orbiting near the shuttle.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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Atlantis Astronauts Get 24 More Hours In Space
 Cape Canaveral (AFP) Sept 19, 2006
 The six Atlantis shuttle astronauts prepared Tuesday to spend another day in space, after NASA decided to delay its landing until Thursday over concerns about a floating object discovered near the orbiter and unfavorable weather conditions.






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