Space Shuttle Discovery Moves Closer to Launch
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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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Cecil Field is a step closer to having space craft launch from its runway following the federal government's review of a study examining its suitability as a spaceport.
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WASHINGTON -- With a slow and determined pace, NASA's shuttle Atlantis rolled out to its Florida launch site Thursday, where the spacecraft is slated to rocket towards the International Space Station (ISS) in one month's time.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla..  - The seven astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle Discovery scrambled aboard their spaceship on Tuesday to await blastoff on a construction mission to the International Space Station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk Tuesday, the first of three difficult forays outside during the shuttle Discovery's stay at the international space station. U.S.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An Olympic athlete-turned-astronaut and a rookie spaceflyer are leading a spacewalking team set to launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery this week.
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The space shuttle Discovery is to begin a complex 11-day round trip to the International Space Station as early as Thursday night.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the space   shuttle Atlantis climbed into their ship for launch from   Florida on Friday, but a problem with a sensor in the shuttle's   external fuel tank may prompt another delay, officials said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven rocketed into orbit Tuesday in pursuit of the international space station, where a formidable construction job awaits them.
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The countdown for the December 7 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station has begun as scheduled.
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The Discovery headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a scan showed no damage to the shuttle during the first night-time launch since the 2003 Columbia disaster, mission managers said on Sunday.
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Space shuttle Discovery  remained on track for a Thursday night liftoff though NASA was  beginning to have some misgivings about an approaching cold  front, officials said on Tuesday.
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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.
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Weather concerns are growing as NASA nears its scheduled launch of the shuttle Discovery.
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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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US space shuttle Discovery blasted off at 11:38 am (1538 GMT) on Tuesday on a mission to the International Space Station.
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NEW ORLEANS -- A redesigned 27-ton fuel tank for the space shuttle Discovery is on its way to Cape Canaveral today, traveling by barge across the Gulf of Mexico.