NASA confirms December 7 launch for shuttle Discovery
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NASA will launch the shuttle Discovery on December 7 on a 12-day mission as the US space agency presses on with construction of the International Space Station, officials said.
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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., 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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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.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA has decided to go   ahead with Tuesday's launch of space shuttle Discovery on a   mission critical to the spacecraft's future despite finding a   small crack in the foam insulation on the ship's fuel tank, a   NASA official said.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- After a countdown foiled by a low layer of clouds, NASA will try again Saturday night to launch Discovery and its seven astronauts on the last shuttle mission of the year.   Liftoff is scheduled for 8:47 p.m. EST Saturday.
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Discovery lifted off at 8:47 p.m. EST Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida in the first night launch of a space shuttle in four years.  The launch was delayed from Thursday by bad weather.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - 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.
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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 gave the green light for crews to fill the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tanks for a scheduled launch Tuesday after ruling out a delay to address safety concerns.
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HOUSTON - NASA&#39;s shuttle Discovery is on track for an October launch to the International Space Station (ISS), where its astronaut crew will lay the foundation for future orbital laboratories, mission managers said Friday.
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NASA said its systems were in good shape and the countdown was going well for Thursday's launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
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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.
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NASA gives "go" for space shuttle launch on June 8    WASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- NASA senior managers on Thursday selected June 8 as the official launch date for space shuttle Atlantis, according to a statement released by NASA after the two- day Flight Readiness Review.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - 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 space shuttle Discovery on a complex International Space Station mission, even as lingering clouds threatened to delay liftoff by at least 24 hours.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of space shuttle Discovery arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday for the countdown ahead of next week's launch on a construction mission to the International Space Station.