NASA Plans Night Launching for Next Mission of Shuttle
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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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and its Russian counterpart worked on two minor problems Monday before starting the countdown clock for Thursday night's launch of space shuttle Discovery on a mission to rewire the international space station.
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NASA on Friday set February 7 as the new target launch date for the Atlantis shuttle mission to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) that has been beset delays over faulty fuel gauges.
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NASA will decide whether to try a Saturday night launch of space shuttle Discovery at a crucial morning meeting before fueling the spacecraft.
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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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Nasa has announced plans to launch the first manned space mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster. The next shuttle flight is to take place in May 2005 following a series of delays because of damage caused by hurricanes.
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Clocks at the Kennedy  Space Center in Florida began ticking down on Saturday toward  Tuesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery on a  construction mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA says it plans a Friday morning launch for Space Shuttle Atlantis at Cape Canaveral, Fla.  The shuttle had been expected to lift-off Wednesday, but a problem in one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells resulted in a postponement.
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NASA is set to launch  another component of the International Space Station into orbit  on Friday, three months behind schedule but in compliance with  more rigorous safety standards imposed after the space shuttle  Columbia disaster in 2003.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 6  /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is targeting a possible launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Friday, Sept. 8 because of a problem associated with one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells.
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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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NASA officials  have given the green light for a June 8 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis to  deliver new solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS).
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After a week of weather delays, NASA officials on Thursday set a Wednesday launch time for space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to resume construction of the international space station.
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NASA prepared to launch  the space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday on a mission to deliver  Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International  Space Station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA officials hoped an opening in the cloud cover would allow space shuttle Discovery to lift off Thursday for the first night launch in four years, starting a complex mission to rewire the international space station.
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By A.J. Hostetler, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Dec. 7--Virginians might catch a glimpse of tonight's unusual nighttime  launching of the space shuttle Discovery, if it lifts off as planned.
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NASA will try to launch  the space shuttle Atlantis as early as January 24 on a delayed  mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to  the International Space Station, mission managers said on  Thursday.