NASA begins countdown for launch
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Clocks at the Kennedy  Space Center in Florida began ticking down on Saturday toward  Tuesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery on a  construction mission to the International Space Station.
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HOUSTON - Seven astronauts are eagerly preparing for a busy construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS), with just over one month remaining until their planned launch aboard NASA&#39;s shuttle Discovery.
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Technicians began  filling shuttle Discovery's fuel tank for a launch attempt at  11:38 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, officials said.
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Countdown clocks at the  Kennedy Space Center began ticking on Monday toward a Thursday  launch of space shuttle Discovery on a high-stakes mission to  rewire the International Space Station.
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NASA officials hoped an opening in the cloud cover would allow space shuttle Discovery to lift off Thursday for the first night launch in four years, starting a complex mission to rewire the international space station.
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The three-day countdown for the shuttle Atlantis began yesterday as NASA continues its long-delayed efforts to launch the spacecraft.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA started a countdown Tuesday toward the first space shuttle flight of the year. Engineers reported no major technical problems and the weather forecast looked favorable for a Friday launch.The countdown clock began ticking on schedule Tuesday at 9 p.m.
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NASA and its Russian counterpart worked on two minor problems Monday before starting the countdown clock for Thursday night's launch of space shuttle Discovery on a mission to rewire the international space station.
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The long countdown has begun for the second attempt to launch a mobile voice and data services satellite from a Pacific Ocean platform.
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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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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Jun. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA has declared the shuttle Atlantis ready to launch Friday on the year's first shuttle mission.  "After many months of hard work, Atlantis is ready to fly," NASA test director Steve Payne said Thursday morning.
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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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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.
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Nasa mission managers give the go-ahead for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch on Thursday of next week.
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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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HOUSTON - NASA&#39;s shuttle Endeavour is headed for the launch pad as the space agency gears up for its second construction flight of the year to the International Space Station (ISS).
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is watching the weather for Tuesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery.