NASA clears shuttle for launch attempt Wednesday
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers have   cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a launch attempt on   Wednesday after a week's delay due to a lightning strike and a   storm, officials with the U.S. space agency said on Monday.
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NASA decided on  Thursday to attempt to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on  Friday despite finding a problem with an electricity generator  on the spacecraft two days ago.
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS  NASA scrubbed today's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, this time because of a problem that has bedeviled the space agency before: a faulty fuel tank sensor.  The launch was rescheduled for 11:15 a.m.
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Nasa clears the space shuttle Discovery for a rare night launch after bad weather delays the event by a day.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Wednesday   cleared the space shuttle Atlantis for a return to Earth on   Thursday after inspections found no damage to the spacecraft, a   NASA official said.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA resolved lingering concerns about lines connecting the external fuel tank to Atlantis on Wednesday and moved ahead with preparations for the first space shuttle launch of the year.
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With just hours left in the countdown, NASA called off the launch Wednesday of a spacecraft that will hunt for emerging black holes.
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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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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 had been the last launch day available before the U.S.
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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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NASA, recovering from the four hurricanes that halted work at its Florida spaceport, said on Friday it has set a launch target in May, 2005, for the first space shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
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NASA prepared to launch  the space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday on a mission to deliver  Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International  Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers decided   on Thursday to attempt to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on   Friday despite a problem with a power generator on the   spacecraft, a NASA official said.
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By DENA POTTER  RICHMOND, Va. - Air Force officials on Thursday cleared an experimental satellite for the first rocket launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, after a software glitch had grounded it. The launch was rescheduled for Saturday.
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NASA said it is confident it will be able to launch the space shuttle Atlantis Friday for the first mission of the year, after a launch date three months ago was scrapped due to hail damage.
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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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By Traci Watson  NASA engineers cleared space shuttle Atlantis for landing today, concluding after inspections that an object seen drifting near the vehicle and three more pieces of nearby debris were not a worry.