Space Shuttle Launches Despite Bad Weather
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The shuttle Discoveryâs mission involves challenging construction work aboard the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Discovery blasted off its seaside launch pad on Saturday, defying the odds of poor weather and ending the ban on night-time flights imposed after the 2003 Columbia disaster.
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New International Space Station module in tow The space shuttle Discovery was successfully launched today, despite zero-hour concerns about a chunk of ice on the fuel tank.â¦
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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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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, Fla. - The weather outlook for NASA's Tuesday launch of the shuttle Discovery has dipped slightly, with an increased risk of rain showers and thick clouds preventing the planned space shot.
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The space shuttle Atlantis has been successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery late Thursday, and a forecast for strong winds prompted the space agency to postpone another attempt by at least two days.
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Possible rain and clouds threaten to delay Thursday's launch of space shuttle Discovery.
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Cold and cloudy weather has threatened to scuttle a planned blastoff for the space shuttle Discovery, two days after it was called off at the last minute due to low-flying clouds.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Preparations for a Friday evening liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis are still on track despite weather forecasts of possible hail in the days leading up to launch.
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Weather forecasters are predicting &quot;very favorable&quot; conditions for this week's planned launch of the Atlantic space shuttle, a NASA spokesman said.
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The launch weather officer for the space shuttle Atlantis said the forecast appears favorable for the planned Wednesday Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch.   Kathy Winters said thunderstorms could hit the area around the Kennedy Space Center after the 12:29 p.m.
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Shuttle Atlantis looks set to lift off after foul weather last week scuttled three attempts to launch the first International Space Station construction mission in nearly four years.
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US space shuttle Atlantis touches down in California, after bad weather prevents a Florida landing.
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Heavy weather could delay the return to Earth of space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven after a successful mission to the International Space Station, a NASA spokesman said Wednesday.
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NASA launches its first space shuttle mission of the year tonight after completing repairs to the spacecraft's external tank caused by a hailstorm.