NASA Optimistic for Wed. Shuttle Launch
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - 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.
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By ORLANDO SENTINEL  NASA finally could get good weather this week for the planned launch of space shuttle Atlantis.  Meteorologists are predicting an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions for Wednesday's scheduled liftoff.
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Clearing skies and diminishing winds raised hopes Saturday that NASA would succeed in its second attempt to get space shuttle Discovery off the ground for the first nighttime launch in four years.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Caught in a scheduling squeeze, NASA decided to try to launch space shuttle Atlantis on Friday without replacing a troublesome electrical component.  Friday is the last launch day available before the U.S.
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Though cargo is piling up in the International Space Station and shuttles won&#39;t fly until after the new crew leaves, the astronauts on board are optimistic about their mission.
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Nasa looks towards the first launch of the space shuttle since the Columbia disaster in 2003.
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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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WASHINGTON - NASA is now targeting Jan. 10 for the liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis pending the resolution of fuel tank sensor issues that prevented two launch attempts this month, the space agency said Thursday.
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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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Weather concerns are growing as NASA nears its scheduled launch of the shuttle Discovery.
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NASA prepared to launch space shuttle Discovery on a complex International Space Station mission, even as lingering clouds threatened to delay liftoff by at least 24 hours.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Atlantis as early as Jan. 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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- 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.
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NASA is hoping techniques that would enable a crew to repair damages to a space shuttle in flight will be ready for the shuttle's planned May 2005 return to space, officials with the agency said on Monday.
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There are no major hurdles to NASA launching a space shuttle in May or June, a task force overseeing return-to-flight efforts said Friday, while also expressing concern about crew members' ability to make repairs in orbit.
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NASA hopes the Atlantis shuttle will finally lift off September 6 on a crucial mission to resume construction of the International Space Station (ISS) after weather conditions prevented a launch last week.
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A group of experts convened by NASA said yesterday that the space shuttle would likely be ready to fly by the currently planned launch date in May or June, but it cautioned that efforts to