NASA seeks methods to repair shuttles in flight
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA is hoping to develop techniques to allow a crew to repair damages to Space Shuttle in flight.
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Just three months before launching the first space shuttle mission in two years,  NASA is still undecided about which techniques for in-flight repair on the heat shield to test to ensure the Columbia accident is not repeated.
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NASA officials today unveiled a series of changes meant to prevent falling debris like the large foam chunk that knocked a hole in the wing of the space shuttle Columbia, ultimately dooming
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Five years after NASA's shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry and killed seven astronauts, the agency looks to test new safety features even beyond the upcoming launch of the Atlantis orbiter.
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In a major step toward resuming launches of the space shuttle, NASA officials said Tuesday they have completed improvements that will prevent the falling debris problem that destroyed space shuttle Columbia and killed seven astronauts.
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A preliminary inspection of space shuttle Atlantis's hail-damaged fuel tank shows it can be repaired in Florida, keeping it on track for a launch as soon as late April, a NASA spokeswoman said Friday.
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The US space agency, NASA, says work continues on safety improvements on the space shuttle design in anticipation of the shuttle&#39;s return to flight in 2005.
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NASA asked its orbiting astronauts Monday to take a closer look at the gears that control the international space station's solar wings to try to find out what's grinding inside and causing steel chips to clog the system.
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NASA engineers pondered how best to fix  a tear in space shuttle Atlantis&#39; heat shield while a new pair  of electricity-generating solar panels were unfurled on the  International Space Station on Tuesday.
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MELBOURNE, Fla.  - Looking to accomplish the most  work in the shortest period of time, NASA managers have decided  to test two techniques to repair heat shields during one  spacewalk when the space shuttle returns to flight, agency  officials said on Friday.
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Hail damaged the fuel  tank of the space shuttle Atlantis and NASA managers were to  meet at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday to determine if the  damage will delay next month's launch.
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NASA managers said that they would extend the mission of the space shuttle Atlantis for a spacewalk to repair a problem that could cause damage during re-entry.
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NASA is hoping techniques that would enable a crew to repair damages to a space shuttle in flight will be ready for the shuttle&#39;s planned May 2005 return to space, officials with the agency said on Monday.
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Atlantis astronauts may use a sewing kit normally reserved for spacesuits to repair a peeled-back thermal blanket near the spacecraft's tail, NASA managers said Tuesday.
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NASA needs to supply astronauts with a "reasonable, doable and practicable" way to plug space shuttle holes in orbit before resuming launches, an advisory group said Thursday.
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NASA on Thursday will take a significant step toward getting the space shuttle flying again when it rolls out the first new fuel tank that is designed to eliminate the problems that led to the 2003 breakup of shuttle Columbia.
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Twenty months after the Columbia tragedy, NASA is still struggling to overcome serious engineering hurdles  to resume flying its space shuttles in  March, a task that has become even tougher because of hurricane-caused work stoppages and damage to critical facilities.