Task force should clear shuttle for launch
38770
NASA appears on track to return the space shuttle to flight in May or June 2005 as planned, says an influential oversight panel. The independent task force - set up to oversee NASA&#39;s efforts following the
231592
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.
179536
After a week of weather delays, NASA officials on Thursday set a Wednesday launch time for space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to resume construction of the international space station.
460146
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.
113300
The third and final space shuttle flight of the year, a mission to continue construction of the International Space Station, is to blast off on Dec. 7, NASA managers announced.
287098
Nasa mission managers give the go-ahead for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch on Thursday of next week.
633393
NASA said Thursday that on June 8 it would attempt to launch the US shuttle Atlantis to the orbiting International Space Station, a mission that has been delayed since March due to fuel tank damage.
131759
The American space agency Nasa says the first space shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster of 2003 is to be launched next May or early June.
73666
NASA will try to fix the problem in time for a launching at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, agency officials said.
603191
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.
341878
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Forecasters predicted an 80 percent chance that the weather would allow NASA to launch its first space shuttle mission of the year at 7:38 p.m.
483580
NASA managers are targeting a Feb. 7 launch date for the space shuttle Atlantis as engineers prepare to replace an electrical connector in the spacecraft's external fuel tank.
577360
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - 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.
337682
Shuttle lands to clear skies for shot at broken probe amid criticism Pentagon is militarising space
370332
By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- A cliffhanger countdown ended without a shuttle liftoff Thursday night as a stubborn layer of clouds forced NASA to scrub -- at the last minute -- its attempt to launch Discovery and its astronauts.
204598
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will attempt to launch its third space shuttle mission in six months on Thursday night despite a poor weather outlook.
488311
NASA plans to launch  its next shuttle mission to the International Space Station on  August 7, two days earlier than the previous target date, to  avoid a scheduling crunch at Florida&#39;s spaceport, the space  agency said on Thursday.