Shuttle launch closer
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WASHINGTON - NASA takes a major step toward returning astronauts to space when engineers this week ship an improved rocket fuel tank refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the destruction of Columbia and the deaths of seven astronauts.
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If you&#39;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.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The countdown clock began ticking on Tuesday for the planned launch this week of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, which will return the beleaguered shuttle program to space after a six-month hiatus.
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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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After a three-month delay, Atlantis is ready to blast off Friday on the first space shuttle mission of the year as NASA presses on with efforts to finish the International Space Station.
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Space shuttle Discovery  was rolled out from its processing hangar on Sunday, as NASA  moved to keep to a tight schedule for Discovery&#39;s launch on a  milestone International Space Station construction mission next  month.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will try to launch   the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday after clearing a technical   problem with a power generator that forced a two-day delay,   officials said on Thursday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Technicians began filling shuttle Discovery's fuel tank for a launch attempt at 11:38 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, officials said.
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NASA is finally ready  to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle  Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff at 7:38  p.m. EDT on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Space Shuttle Discovery closes in on the International Space Station high above the Earth.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - 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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- As the countdown toward a launch of Atlantis on the first space shuttle flight of the year was set to begin, another clock ticked away Monday toward a possible strike by several hundred workers at Kennedy Space Center.
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Seven NASA astronauts are poised to launch into orbit tonight aboard the shuttle Atlantis to haul vital new solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS).
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA mission managers gave a preliminary approval late Tuesday for the planned Dec. 7 launch of the space shuttle Discovery, even as engineers wrangle two issues that came up during routine inspections.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour was rolled out of a hangar on Monday and taken to an assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center to be fitted with a fuel tank and booster rockets for a scheduled August 7 launch.
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NASA has announced that the Space Shuttle will take to the skies once more next year, in a launch window that lasts from mid May to early June.
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By The Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center with Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching, the space shuttle Atlantis' six crew members flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch on Wednesday.