NASA clears shuttle for launch try on Thursday
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Wednesday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a launch attempt on Thursday, though the weather outlook was not favorable.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  May 31--A two-day flight readiness review ended Thursday with NASA formally clearing shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts for a long-delayed mission to the International Space Station.
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS  NASA scrubbed today's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, this time because of a problem that has bedeviled the space agency before: a faulty fuel tank sensor.  The launch was rescheduled for 11:15 a.m.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Discovery was rolled out from its processing hangar on Sunday, as NASA moved to keep to a tight schedule for Discovery's launch on a milestone International Space Station construction mission next month.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Sunday cleared space shuttle Discovery for launch on Tuesday to attach a vestibule to the International Space Station that will serve as the doorway to European and Japanese laboratories.
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The twice-delayed flight of the space shuttle Atlantis, carrying a major addition to the International Space Station, is set for liftoff Thursday.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Caught in a scheduling squeeze, NASA decided to try to launch space shuttle Atlantis on Friday without replacing a troublesome electrical component.  Friday is the last launch day available before the U.S.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed space shuttle Discovery's liftoff on Thursday night because of thick, low clouds at the Florida launch site.
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By AP Wire Service  Video:  NASA Scrubs Discovery Launch      CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery Thursday night, and strong winds could delay another attempt for a day or two.
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Unfavorable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida led NASA flight controllers to wave off a Thursday touchdown for space shuttle Atlantis.  Two landing opportunities existed Thursday -- the first at 1:55 p.m. EDT and the second at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the fourth time in two weeks, NASA nixed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, this time for a faulty fuel tank sensor - the same glitch that has thwarted two other missions.  A fifth liftoff attempt will be made at 11:15 a.m.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- A cliffhanger countdown ended without a shuttle liftoff Thursday night as a stubborn layer of clouds forced NASA to scrub -- at the last minute -- its attempt to launch Discovery and its astronauts.
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NASA has cleared the shuttle Atlantis for liftoff this week on a long-delayed mission to deliver a European science lab to the international space station.
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NASA has cleared the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts for a mission to the International Space Station.  Liftoff is scheduled for June 8 at the Kennedy Space Center, The Miami Herald said Friday.