NASA keeps fingers crossed for Atlantis' Friday launch
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NASA kept its fingers crossed as it worked out a technical glitch with a fuel cell that has stranded the shuttle Atlantis for at least 48 hours, until the next launch attempt Friday.
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NASA tries to launch Atlantis on Friday    WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- NASA on Thursday decided to go ahead with a launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday, the U.S. space agency said on its official website.
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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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NASA rules out Thursday launch of Atlantis   WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- NASA managers ruled out a launch attempt on Thursday, but said Friday still was a possibility, according to NASA's official website.
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By AP  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.   The countdown clock on Sunday began ticking toward a Wednesday launch of the space shuttle after a week of weather delays kept Atlantis grounded.   The launch time was set for 12:29 p.m. EDT Wednesday.
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Nasa mission managers give the go-ahead for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch on Thursday of next week.
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Officials overseeing the Atlantis shuttle mission have given the go-ahead for its planned landing on Thursday in Florida, despite earlier concerns over debris floating near the orbiter, a NASA spokesman said.
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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.
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Urgent: NASA rules out Thursday launch of Atlantis    NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) - NASA managers ruled out a launch attempt on Thursday,  but said Friday still was a possibility, AP reported Wednesday.
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Rain and low clouds prevented Atlantis from returning to Florida on Thursday, but mission managers were hopeful the space shuttle would be able to touch down a day later, even if it meant landing in California.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ NASA hopes to try again Friday to launch shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts, but will make a final decision Thursday, program managers said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will try again on Friday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts home after clouds and rain at its Florida landing site prevented a touchdown on Thursday.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is watching the weather for Tuesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
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Space shuttle Atlantis is due to return to Earth today, but stormy weather could yet delay its landing.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Jun. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA has declared the shuttle Atlantis ready to launch Friday on the year's first shuttle mission.  "After many months of hard work, Atlantis is ready to fly," NASA test director Steve Payne said Thursday morning.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Wednesday   postponed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis at least   until Friday because of a problem with a power system aboard   the ship, officials with the U.S. space agency said.