Space shuttle fueled for Florida launch
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Technicians at the  Kennedy Space Center in Florida started filling space shuttle  Atlantis' fuel tank for a launch attempt on Friday after nearly  two weeks of delays due to weather problems and technical  glitches, officials said.
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A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis took off Sunday on a return trip to the shuttle's launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at its Florida home base on Wednesday after a grueling but successful 15-day construction mission that prepared the International Space Station for new laboratories.
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A 27-ton fuel tank is making a five-day voyage across the Gulf of Mexico to NASA&#39;s Kennedy Space Center as the space agency prepares for its first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster in 2003.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA monitored discouraging weather forecasts but otherwise declared shuttle Discovery ready for tonight's blastoff, the first night launch in four years and one that might be visible from South Florida.
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A preliminary inspection of space shuttle Atlantis's hail-damaged fuel tank shows it can be repaired in Florida, keeping it on track for a launch as soon as late April, a NASA spokeswoman said Friday.
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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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Final preparations were underway Monday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited launch Wednesday of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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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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Space shuttle Atlantis rolls up to launch pad   WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, in preparation for the mid-March flight mission, according to NASA TV.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven rocketed into orbit Tuesday in pursuit of the international space station, where a formidable construction job awaits them.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 9--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Overcoming a technical delay but still concerned about the weather, NASA this afternoon fueled shuttle Discovery for tonight's second attempt to launch the spaceship and its seven astronauts.
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The space shuttle Atlantis has lifted off into the Florida sky Friday, carrying a crew of seven astronauts headed for the international space station. The mission was delayed by a damaging hailstorm and overshadowed by a lurid love triangle.
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Space shuttle Discovery lit up the sky over Daytona Beach, Florida, this weekend in NASA's first night launch since 2002.
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By Martin MerzerCAPE CANAVERAL -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Atlantis   roared off its seaside Florida launch pad on Saturday after two   weeks of delays, setting the stage for NASA to resume assembly   of the International Space Station.
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The six Atlantis shuttle astronauts arrived in Florida to make final preparations for next week's planned launch to resume construction of an orbiting laboratory, NASA said.