Atlantis launch set for next week
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Nasa mission managers give the go-ahead for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch on Thursday of next week.
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WASHINGTON -- With a slow and determined pace, NASA's shuttle Atlantis rolled out to its Florida launch site Thursday, where the spacecraft is slated to rocket towards the International Space Station (ISS) in one month's time.
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Urgent: NASA tries to launch Atlantis on Friday    WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- NASA decided on Thursday to go ahead with a launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday, according to NASA official website.  (c) 2006 Xinhua News Agency - CEIS.
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By Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 4--NASA is preparing to ramp up the pace of its shuttle missions as Atlantis is poised to blast off this week in a bid to finish the assembly of the international space station by a 2010 deadline.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ NASA hopes to try again Friday to launch shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts, but will make a final decision Thursday, program managers said.
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NASA said Friday that all systems on the space shuttle Atlantis were functioning and the craft was ready for liftoff near Cape Canaveral, Fla.  The process of filling the external orange fuel tank of the shuttle, which is scheduled to launch at 11:41 a.m.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is ready for a Thursday space shot attempt, mission managers said today.
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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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Preparations are on track for Friday&#39;s evening launch of the  space shuttle Atlantis from Florida,  despite a small chance of a scrub due to weather.
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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, 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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NASA prepares for new Atlantis launch attempt    WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency officials said on Monday that NASA had prepared for a fresh launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 6  /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is targeting a possible launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Friday, Sept. 8 because of a problem associated with one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells.
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By AP Wire Services  Video:  NASA Readies for a Wednesday Launch     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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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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Space shuttle Atlantis  got the go-ahead from NASA on Thursday for a June 8 launch to  resume construction of the International Space Station, after a  three-month delay to repair hailstone damage.