Shuttle missions could be reduced
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NASA confirmed Friday that space shuttle missions will resume as early as May, but agency officials said they will study how to cut future missions that would hasten the spacecraft&#39;s retirement.
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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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Viewpoint: The latest breakdown poses little threat to the astronauts. But it proves  again that the International Space Station and the Shuttle are clunkers
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Golf ball-size hail that pelted space shuttle Atlantis earlier this week, dimpling its fuel tank, did enough damage that NASA has decided to cancel its March launch plans and send the shuttle back inside for repairs.
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By Associated Press  HOUSTON -- NASA began retracting an old solar array on the international space station Wednesday to make way for a new array, hoping to avoid the problems that plagued removal of another power- generating wing last year.
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NASA should be able to meet all requirements for resuming space shuttle flights next spring, but some solutions, like repairing damage to heat shields, will be open
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Almost two years after seven astronauts died when Columbia broke up over Texas, NASA is taking a major step toward returning its space shuttles to flight.
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As a new crew prepares to lift off tomorrow for the international space station, NASA officials say they are less worried than they were two weeks ago about problems with its oxygen generator and growing shortages of food and spare parts.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The departure of NASA&#39;s boss comes at a challenging time as the space agency struggles to ditch the mentality that lost Columbia and get its remaining shuttles flying again, while aiming for the moon and Mars.
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MELBOURNE, Fla.  - Looking to accomplish the most  work in the shortest period of time, NASA managers have decided  to test two techniques to repair heat shields during one  spacewalk when the space shuttle returns to flight, agency  officials said on Friday.
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Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA a least a week's worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the space agency's plans to launch Discovery in early spring.
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NASA on Thursday will  attempt to launch its third space shuttle mission in six  months, a healthy pace the agency needs to maintain to finish  work on the International Space Station before the shuttles  stop flying in four years.
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The space shuttle Atlantis's mission to the International Space Station, which has seen its launch repeatedly delayed due to technical problems, will likely take place in late January or early February, NASA said Thursday.
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With food supplies becoming critically low onboard the International Space Station, the astronauts have been told to cut back on their food consumption.
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CLEVELAND, OH  -- As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again,  the agency's risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that  affect the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Thursday will attempt to launch its third space shuttle mission in six months, a healthy pace the agency needs to maintain to finish work on the International Space Station before the shuttles stop flying in four years.
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WASHINGTON, October 2 (Itar-Tass) -- The US space agency has decided to postpone shuttle missions resumption earlier planned for March or April next year.