NASA aims to launch shuttle nine-day window in March
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CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to launch its first post-Columbia shuttle mission during a shortened nine-day window March, and failure to do so likely would delay a planned return to flight until at least May.
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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 next effort to launch the space shuttle Atlantis could come as early as Jan. 24, but will probably slip into February as engineers test and repair a suspect fuel sensor connector, a NASA official said.
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After an extensive review, NASA is planning its Return to Flight Space Shuttle mission, designated STS-114, for a launch window that opens in May 2005.
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The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis was rolled out to its seaside launch pad on Thursday  in preparation for a planned liftoff in March on the first of  five missions NASA hopes to fly this year.
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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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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 has again adjusted its schedule for bringing the space shuttle back into use. CBS reports that the space agency announced it is aiming for a mid-May launch.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Test Director Steve Payne said he expected space shuttle Atlantis to launch as scheduled Friday.
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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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NASA will launch the shuttle Discovery on December 7 on a 12-day mission as the US space agency presses on with construction of the International Space Station, officials said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - 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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Repairing an electrical  connection in a U.S. space shuttle's fuel tank will push the  already delayed launch of Europe's first permanent space  laboratory beyond the current target date of January 10, NASA  said on Thursday.
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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.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA has decided to go   ahead with Tuesday's launch of space shuttle Discovery on a   mission critical to the spacecraft's future despite finding a   small crack in the foam insulation on the ship's fuel tank, a   NASA official said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - If you're not one of the seven people scheduled to ride on the space shuttle next week, take heart: NASA has opened a launch simulator for the rest of us.