NASA's Next Shuttle Crew Inspects Discovery Orbiter
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CAPE CANAVERAL -- The seven astronauts set to crew NASA's first space shuttle flight since the Columbia accident are confident their orbiter and redesigned external tank will perform, but admit some details still need to be ironed out.
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Atlantis' crew Saturday inspected the U.S. space shuttle's heat shield and prepared for a Sunday rendezvous with the international space station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Discovery's seven astronauts do not need to conduct an extra inspection of the space shuttle's belly and wings, NASA engineers studying the spacecraft's heat shield for damage recommended Tuesday.
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NASA&#39;s space shuttle Discovery moved a step closer toward launch Monday as engineers worked to join the orbiter with the twin rocket boosters and fuel tank that will aid its flight into space next month.
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A NASA experiment that could help shape the future of space exploration as part of a new generation of potentially life-saving space crafts has launched
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The crew of the U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery was preparing Sunday for its rendezvous with the International Space Station.  NASA said the crew was inspecting the shuttle's heat shield for any possible damage from Saturday's launch, and preparing tools necessary for the rendezvous.
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - Astronaut Robert Curbeam is poised to set a new record next week when he is scheduled to embark on his fourth spacewalk of the space shuttle Discovery mission, this one to work on a stalled solar panel.
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - The space shuttle Discovery crew scored another day floating in the cosmos - precious time for the majority-rookie flight - but it'll hardly be a walk in the orbital park.
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By Traci Watson  The astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis will search their ship's exterior today for missing pieces of the vehicle after a mysterious object was seen whizzing along near the spacecraft Tuesday.  NASA engineers do not know the object's size or altitude.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis' six astronauts began inspecting the space shuttle's thermal skin for damage early Sunday as they soared toward the international space station.
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The U.S. space shuttle Discovery docked at the International Space Station on Thursday on a mission to prepare the orbital outpost for new European and Japanese laboratories.
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The next mission of the space shuttle Discovery set for liftoff Tuesday is critical to building the International Space Station, ferrying in the Harmony module key to installing the European lab Columbus and Japan's Kibo lab.
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Space shuttle Atlantis  astronauts will make another inspection of their spacecraft to  ensure unidentified objects seen flying near the ship were not  pieces of its heat shield or other critical components, NASA  managers said on Tuesday.
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HOUSTON - The first inspections of NASA's shuttle Discovery two days after a successful night launch reveal no significant problems for its seven-astronaut crew bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
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Poised to launch towards the International Space Station (ISS) this week are three Discovery shuttle astronauts trained in the art of orbital construction.
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A team of engineers is taking a meticulous look at the hail-damaged fuel tank of NASA's shuttle Atlantis to determine how best to repair its weather-beaten surface for a planned April launch to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Upon arriving, crews prepared to examine the outer side of the shuttleÂs left wing, where sensors detected a Âvery lowÂ impact, a NASA official said.