Solar sail craft gets launch date
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The world's first spacecraft to use a solar sail for propulsion is set to be launched from a submerged Russian submarine on 1 March next year.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; Europe's bus-sized science lab will soon make its zero-gravity debut after the launch of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis tomorrow, weather permitting.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - For the first time in more than four years, a NASA space shuttle Discovery is poised to light up the night sky in an evening launch bound for the International Space Station (ISS). But weather may intervene.
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After weeks of delay, space shuttle Atlantis is given a launch date for its next mission.
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By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- NASA managers had their fingers crossed on Monday in hopes that this week's planned launch of the U.S.
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Preparations are on track for Friday&#39;s evening launch of the  space shuttle Atlantis from Florida,  despite a small chance of a scrub due to weather.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The countdown clock began ticking on Tuesday for the planned launch this week of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, which will return the beleaguered shuttle program to space after a six-month hiatus.
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NASA says it plans a Friday morning launch for Space Shuttle Atlantis at Cape Canaveral, Fla.  The shuttle had been expected to lift-off Wednesday, but a problem in one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells resulted in a postponement.
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Weather should be favorable for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, a NASA spokesman said.
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The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis was rolled out to its seaside launch pad on Thursday  in preparation for a planned liftoff in March on the first of  five missions NASA hopes to fly this year.
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The first spacecraft with an Ecliptic RocketCamâ¢ video system on board is scheduled for launch around 11:15 am PDT by a Pegasus XL winged rocket on October 26 (Tuesday) off the California coast near Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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The American space agency Nasa says the first space shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster of 2003 is to be launched next May or early June.
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The European Space Agency says its first Automated Transfer Vehicle, called the Jules Verne, will be ready for launch early next year.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Atlantis as early as Jan. 24 on a delayed mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station, mission managers said on Thursday.
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Summary - (Nov 10, 2004) The countdown has begun for the launch of the Planetary Society&#39;s Cosmos 1 spacecraft; the first ever to be powered by a solar sail.
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KOROLYOV (NEAR MOSCOW). Dec 17 (Interfax-AVN) - The main goal of the fourth space walk by astronauts from the Discovery shuttle, which is scheduled to take place on early December 19, is to fold a solar wing, NASA representative at Russian mission control Sergei Puzanov told Interfax-AVN.
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The private New Mexico launchpad will launch its first - unmanned - craft Sept. 25, but that's just the beginning.