Hail damage postpones shuttle launch
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A scheduled March 15 launch has been delayed after the external fuel tank attached to the shuttle Atlantis and possibly the orbiter itself were damaged by a hailstorm at the launch pad Monday afternoon.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- 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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hail storm left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank and on a wing.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA decided on   Thursday to try to launch space shuttle Atlantis next Wednesday   to resume construction of the International Space Station,   after a delay caused by a lighting strike and threat of bad   weather.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Damage sustained by 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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Bad weather forced NASA on Thursday to delay bringing the space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth at least until Friday, the U.S. space agency said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers had their   fingers crossed on Monday in hopes that this week's planned   launch of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis will go ahead after a   week's delay due to a lightning strike and a storm.
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NASA rescheduled space  shuttle Discovery's liftoff for Saturday after thick, low  clouds forced a postponement of the first launch attempt on  Thursday night.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery Thursday night, and strong winds could delay another attempt for a day or two.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery late Thursday, and a forecast for strong winds prompted the space agency to postpone another attempt by at least two days.
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The hail-damaged fuel  tank on space shuttle Atlantis likely will be repaired at the  Florida launch site, minimizing the delay for NASA's first  mission of the year, officials said on Monday.
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NASA mission managers discussing the planned March 15 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis have added one more topic to their standard preflight meeting: hail damage to the orbiter's external tank.
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Heavy weather could delay the return to Earth of space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven after a successful mission to the International Space Station, a NASA spokesman said Wednesday.
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By Traci Watson  CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Atlantis will try to dodge more bad weather to get off the launch pad today after being delayed more than a week by a lightning strike and a tropical storm.
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The launch of the US space shuttle Discovery was scuttled by poor weather, just minutes before the spaceship was to blast off on a rare night flight.
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Or, why the UK will never launch spaceships The wrong kind of cloud (too low) over Florida has prompted NASA's shuttle mission managers to postpone the next launch until Saturday. It was due to blast off yesterday, but the bad weather meant the launch could not go ahead.â¦