Hail damage delays next U.S. shuttle launch
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Damage to the space shuttle Atlantis in a ferocious hail storm means NASA will not be able to launch the next shuttle mission in March as planned, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
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NASA managers announced Thursday that they would press ahead with the first space shuttle launch of the year next week, three months later than originally planned because of a hail storm that pockmarked the spacecraft's external tank.
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Rain forced NASA to delay the landing of space shuttle Atlantis in Florida Thursday, but the agency hoped the skies would clear up to return its seven astronauts to Earth later in the day.
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A leaking hydraulic seal on the space shuttle Discovery&#39;s right main-gear strut could delay the launch of the shuttle to the International Space Station set for October 23, NASA said Tuesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA hopes to take a   second shot at launching the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis next   week after a lightning strike and threatening weather derailed   plans for an August mission to resume construction of the   International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA further delayed   the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis until at least Friday,   a NASA official said on Wednesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Tuesday   postponed the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis by a day,   partly because of poor weather forecast for the Kennedy Space   Center in Florida.
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A hail storm left hundreds of divots on space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank, and NASA managers weren't sure Tuesday if the damage was severe enough to postpone next month's launch.
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NASA on Sunday delayed the launching of the space shuttle Atlantis until at least Jan. 2 to give engineers time to diagnose and fix its balky fuel tank sensors.
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NASA further delayed  the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis until at least Friday,  a NASA official said on Wednesday.
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NASA has delayed launch of the space shuttle Atlantis by 24 hours because of a lightning strike and other weather concerns, officials said Saturday.
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Blaming the busy hurricane season, NASA has announced that it will delay the space shuttle&#39;s return to space from March or April to a launch in May or July next year.
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Nasa today postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hailstorm left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank.   The launch, which had been set for March 15, was pushed back until at least late April to give Nasa time to make repairs.
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Weather concerns are growing as NASA nears its scheduled launch of the shuttle Discovery.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; A poor weather forecast continues to threaten a Thursday launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis, but NASA mission managers haven't thrown in the towel yet.
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Bad weather has forced Nasa to delay the return to Earth of its space shuttle Atlantis.
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After three delays last week due to foul weather, the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on an 11-day mission has once again been delayed for 24 hours, this time due to a technical glitch, NASA has revealed.