Space shuttle grounded until May or even later
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NASA has abandoned plans to resume flying the space shuttle next March because of the impact of four hurricanes on space agency centers and work schedules, officials said Friday.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Atlantis by at least another day after discovering a problem with its electrical power system early Wednesday.
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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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Nasa today postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hailstorm left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank.   The launch, which had been set for March 15, was pushed back until at least late April to give Nasa time to make repairs.
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Bad weather forces Nasa to delay another landing attempt by the Atlantis space shuttle Atlantis.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Bad weather forced NASA on Thursday to delay bringing space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth at least until Friday, the U.S. space agency said.
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HOUSTON, June 11 -- Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, extending the spacecraft's mission from 11 to 13 days, NASA managers said Monday.
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NASA on Thursday delayed the flight of space shuttle Atlantis until late January or, more likely, February to replace a suspect connector in the fuel tank. The connector is believed to be responsible for back-to-back launch postponements last month.
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Just three months before launching the first space shuttle mission in two years,  NASA is still undecided about which techniques for in-flight repair on the heat shield to test to ensure the Columbia accident is not repeated.
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NASA has cleared the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts for a mission to the International Space Station.  Liftoff is scheduled for June 8 at the Kennedy Space Center, The Miami Herald said Friday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis so that repairs can be made to damage from a hail storm that left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank and on a wing.
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CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to launch its first post-Columbia shuttle mission during a shortened nine-day window March, and failure to do so likely would delay a planned return to flight until at least May.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from Florida on Friday due   to a problem with a sensor in the spacecraft's external fuel   tank, a NASA official said.
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NASA's spaceflight leadership council decided Friday to delay the spring 2005 launch date for the first shuttle scheduled to return to space since last year's Columbia tragedy, citing hurricane damage and more work needed to meet a panel's recommendations.
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Rain and clouds threatened to delay the planned launch of the US space shuttle Discovery Tuesday after NASA once ruled out any postponement despite engineers' safety concerns.
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Fixing what may be a  design problem on the space shuttles will keep European and  Japanese laboratory modules destined for the International  Space Station grounded for weeks, NASA said on Thursday.
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NASA had briefly considered delaying next Tuesdayâs mission after an independent group of engineers raised concerns about microscopic cracks in three heat shield panels that protect the shuttleâs wings.