Shuttle crew hopes for Wednesday launch
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Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center with Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching, the space shuttle Atlantis' six crew members flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch on Wednesday.
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The next effort to launch the space shuttle Atlantis could come as early as Jan. 24, but will probably slip into February as engineers test and repair a suspect fuel sensor connector, a NASA official said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is watching the weather for Tuesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
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Weather should be favorable for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, a NASA spokesman said.
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By Traci Watson  HOUSTON -- Crewmembers of the next space shuttle flight said Thursday that they hope their mission next month will help deflect public and media attention from the charges against astronaut Lisa Nowak.
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CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to launch its first post-Columbia shuttle mission during a shortened nine-day window March, and failure to do so likely would delay a planned return to flight until at least May.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA hopes to launch   its December shuttle mission a week earlier than planned to   give its workers time off for the holidays, agency officials   said on Friday.
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NASA (news - web sites) is aiming for a mid-May launch of the first shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy almost two years ago.
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Seven astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery have a hearty welcome waiting aboard the International Space Station (ISS), where three veteran spaceflyers are preparing for their afternoon arrival.
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Countdown clocks at the  Kennedy Space Center began ticking on Monday toward a Thursday  launch of space shuttle Discovery on a high-stakes mission to  rewire the International Space Station.
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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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Seven NASA astronauts are poised to launch into orbit tonight aboard the shuttle Atlantis to haul vital new solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS).
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The countdown clock began ticking on Tuesday for the planned launch this week of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, which will return the beleaguered shuttle program to space after a six-month hiatus.
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NASA planned Tuesday to start a countdown toward the first space shuttle flight of the year as engineers had no major technical problems and the weather forecast looked favorable for a Friday launch.
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NASA officials will try again today to send off the space shuttle Atlantis on a long-delayed mission to resume construction of the international space station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The seven-man crew assigned to the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to the International Space Station arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday in preparation for Friday's planned liftoff.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.