Clouds Threaten Tonight's Space Launch
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - 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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Clouds and rain threaten to delay by at least 24 hours the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on its mission to the International Space Station, said NASA.
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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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Possible rain and clouds threaten to delay Thursday's launch of space shuttle Discovery.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; Dreary Florida coast weather might push back a planned Thursday launch of the space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew, NASA mission managers said today.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- After more than a week of storm delays, NASA may be getting its best shot weather-wise for launching space shuttle Atlantis, officials said Monday.  There was only a 20 percent chance that weather would prohibit the shuttle from blasting off at 12:28 p.m.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery Thursday night, and strong winds could delay another attempt for a day or two.
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico  - A rocket   packed with cargo is set to blast off into space from a desert   launch range in New Mexico, an event backers say will usher in   a new era of cheap public access to space.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; A poor weather forecast continues to threaten a Thursday launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis, but NASA mission managers haven't thrown in the towel yet.
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Forecasters are predicting an 80 percent chance of good weather at space shuttle launch time tonight, and the fueling of the huge external tank began on time shortly before 10 a.m. EDT. The blastoff of Atlantis is scheduled for 7:38 p.m. EDT Friday on a mission to continue construction of the international space station.
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The new crew of the International Space Station is in the final hours of preparation to launch at 11:06 EDT tonight, which is Oct. 14 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia&#39;s launch facility there.
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A Russian Soyuz rocket is due to blast off from the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan early Thursday. Astronaut Leroy Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipovalso will observe conditions on
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico  - A rocket   packed with cargo is set to blast off into space from a desert   launch range in New Mexico, ushering in what its backers say is   a new era of cheap public access to the stars.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Aug. 27 -- Caught between a worrisome weather forecast and their need to launch the long-delayed space shuttle Atlantis mission, NASA officials will decide early Monday morning whether to proceed with their countdown or to roll the shuttle back into its protective hangar.
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By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE An anti-satellite missile test carried out by China last month created the biggest debris cloud Air Force Space Command has seen in years and steeled determination of its commanders to get a clearer picture of objects in orbit.
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By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  Utahns who missed Sunday's rare planetary grouping -- and that's most of the state because of cloud cover -- will get another chance at a space spectacular early Thursday morning.
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NASA readied for a rare night launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery as astronauts boarded amid signs that strong crosswinds were receding.