Shuttle nears last-chance launch
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After multiple delays, Nasa readies for a last-ditch attempt to launch Atlantis before the window closes.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis are hoping for clear skies over Florida tomorrow as they near the end of a successful construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA says it plans a Friday morning launch for Space Shuttle Atlantis at Cape Canaveral, Fla.  The shuttle had been expected to lift-off Wednesday, but a problem in one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells resulted in a postponement.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA monitored discouraging weather forecasts but otherwise declared shuttle Discovery ready for tonight's blastoff, the first night launch in four years and one that might be visible from South Florida.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As the countdown toward a launch of Atlantis on the first space shuttle flight of the year was set to begin, another clock ticked away Monday toward a possible strike by several hundred workers at Kennedy Space Center.
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Final preparations were under way Friday for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for the first mission of the year, with weather conditions looking good for a blastoff to the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Forecasters predicted an 80 percent chance that the weather would allow NASA to launch its first space shuttle mission of the year at 7:38 p.m.
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NASA prepared to launch space shuttle Discovery on a complex International Space Station mission, even as lingering clouds threatened to delay liftoff by at least 24 hours.
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NASA officials said they were confident they will be able to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday for the first mission of the year, after a launch date in March was scrapped due to hail damage.
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Forecasters are predicting an 80 percent chance of good weather at space shuttle launch time tonight, and the fueling of the huge external tank began on time shortly before 10 a.m. EDT. The blastoff of Atlantis is scheduled for 7:38 p.m. EDT Friday on a mission to continue construction of the international space station.
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NASA set a tentative date yesterday of Jan. 24 to launch the space shuttle Atlantis, which will carry a long-delayed European space laboratory to the international space station, while saying that additional troubleshooting may be necessary to fix a nagging problem with the external tank's backup...
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Space shuttle Atlantis nears the International Space Station, where it will dock for a maintenance mission.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA decided on   Thursday to attempt to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on   Friday despite finding a problem with an electricity generator   on the spacecraft two days ago.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- After a countdown foiled by a low layer of clouds, NASA will try again Saturday night to launch Discovery and its seven astronauts on the last shuttle mission of the year.   Liftoff is scheduled for 8:47 p.m. EST Saturday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - For the first time in more than four years, a NASA space shuttle Discovery is poised to light up the night sky in an evening launch bound for the International Space Station (ISS). But weather may intervene.
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As the countdown toward a launch of Atlantis on the first space shuttle flight of the year was set to begin, another clock ticked away Monday toward a possible strike by several hundred workers at Kennedy Space Center.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Atlantis as early as Jan. 24 on a delayed mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station, mission managers said on Thursday.