NASA to fly again in May 2005
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THE US space agency has given a green light for the resumption of space shuttle flights in May 2005, more than two years after seven astronauts died in the mid-air disintegration of space shuttle Columbia.
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The American space agency Nasa says the first space shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster of 2003 is to be launched next May or early June.
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The United States is to resume its space shuttle program next year after the Columbia shuttle tragedy in 2003. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, announced
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NASA should be able to meet all requirements for resuming space shuttle flights next spring, but some solutions, like repairing damage to heat shields, will be open
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The third and final space shuttle flight of the year, a mission to continue construction of the International Space Station, is to blast off on Dec. 7, NASA managers announced.
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A stout, star-spangled rocket plane has broken through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere to the edge of space for the second time in five days, capturing a $US10 million ($A13.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with the space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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The US space agency has pushed back the return to flight of the space shuttles until May at the earliest because of hurricane disruption.
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NASA officials said on Friday that the space shuttle Discovery could take off for the International Space Station in May or June in the first of two test flights aimed at resuming normal shuttle operations.
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NASA on Thursday will  attempt to launch its third space shuttle mission in six  months, a healthy pace the agency needs to maintain to finish  work on the International Space Station before the shuttles  stop flying in four years.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  and ERIN McCLAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  ORLANDO, Fla.  In July, astronaut Lisa Nowak traveled 5.3 million miles in a single-minded mission to put America's beleaguered space shuttle program back on track.
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NASA is hoping techniques that would enable a crew to repair damages to a space shuttle in flight will be ready for the shuttle's planned May 2005 return to space, officials with the agency said on Monday.
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NASA confirmed Friday that space shuttle missions will resume as early as May, but agency officials said they will study how to cut future missions that would hasten the spacecraft&#39;s retirement.
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NASA hopes the Atlantis shuttle will finally lift off September 6 on a crucial mission to resume construction of the International Space Station (ISS) after weather conditions prevented a launch last week.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA may fly its next-generation space vehicle to the international space station through 2020, four years longer than the agency had originally planned to fly to the outpost, an official said Tuesday.
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Citing technical challenges due to hurricanes, NASA officials said that the initial space shuttle mission for Return to Flight will slip from March to May 2005.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan  - The United States'  grounded Space Shuttle fleet may resume flights to the  International Space Station (ISS) next May or June, a senior  ISS official said Tuesday.