Hail Damages Space Shuttle Tank; NASA Evaluating Whether to Delay March Launch
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A hail storm left hundreds of divots on space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank, and NASA managers weren't sure Tuesday if the damage was severe enough to postpone next month's launch.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Stymied once this week because of clouds, NASA is skipping a Friday launch attempt for space shuttle Discovery because of a dismal forecast and is looking toward the weekend.
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The planned launch on Thursday of the Atlantis space shuttle and its cargo of a European laboratory could be scuttled by the onset of bad weather, NASA said.
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The hailstorm, which caught the shuttle at the launching pad, caused âthe worst damage we have ever seen,â the shuttle program manager said.
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After more than a week of storm delays, NASA may be getting its best shot weather-wise for launching space shuttle Atlantis, officials said Monday. There was only a 20 percent chance that weather would prohibit the shuttle from blasting off at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday as planned, said Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Feb. 28--Dramatizing the fragility of the soon-to-be-retired space shuttle, NASA managers on Tuesday ordered Atlantis removed from the launch pad and rolled back to its hangar after a hail storm punched thousands of shallow gouges into the craft.
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Space shuttle Atlantis on Sunday began a slow trek from the launch pad back to a hangar so technicians can inspect damage caused by an hail storm and determine what kind of repairs should be made.
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Nasa assesses damage to a newly unfurled solar panel at the International Space Station (ISS).
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By Mike Schneider THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery late Thursday, and a forecast for strong winds prompted the space agency to postpone another attempt by at least two days.
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Possible rain and clouds threaten to delay Thursday's launch of space shuttle Discovery.
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Winds and water wreak havoc on the Kennedy Space Center. The damage could delay space flights scheduled for next spring.
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By Traci Watson  NASA is learning the hard way that December storms can be just as much of an obstacle to launching a space shuttle as the summer thunderclouds that foiled two liftoffs earlier this year.
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By Staff Reports  Video:  Hail Storm Damage Delays Shuttle Launch     CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hailstorm left hundreds of small dings on the spacecraft's external fuel tank.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will not be able to launch the next space shuttle mission in March as planned because the shuttle Atlantis sustained damage from a ferocious hail storm, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
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NASA will not be able  to launch the next space shuttle mission in March as planned  because the shuttle Atlantis sustained damage from a ferocious  hail storm, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
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A preliminary inspection of space shuttle Atlantis's hail-damaged fuel tank shows it can be repaired in Florida, keeping it on track for a launch as soon as late April, a NASA spokeswoman said Friday.
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The repair of a landing gear leak on the space shuttle Discovery could put in jeopardy the U.S. spacecraft's October 23 launch date on a construction mission to the International Space Station, NASA said on Monday.