NASA to Try 5th Launch Attempt for Atlantis Today
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press  Video: Raw Video: Atlantis Heads to Space Station   Video: NASA Preps for Saturday Launch   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- First it was the lightning strike. Then a tropical storm. Then a glitch in a geriatric motor.
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NASA said Friday that all systems on the space shuttle Atlantis were functioning and the craft was ready for liftoff near Cape Canaveral, Fla.  The process of filling the external orange fuel tank of the shuttle, which is scheduled to launch at 11:41 a.m.
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By JIM SKEEN  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE -- Poor weather in Florida could divert the space shuttle Atlantis to land today or Saturday at Edwards Air Force Base, where officials plan to open the Mercury Boulevard viewing area.
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NASA decides to return Atlantis to launch pad   WASHINGTON, Aug.
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NASA prepares for new Atlantis launch attempt    WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency officials said on Monday that NASA had prepared for a fresh launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday.
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NASA will try again on  Friday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and seven  astronauts home after bad weather prevented its planned landing  in Florida on Thursday.
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NASA set a tentative date yesterday of Jan. 24 to launch the space shuttle Atlantis, which will carry a long-delayed European space laboratory to the international space station, while saying that additional troubleshooting may be necessary to repair a nagging problem with the external tank's backup...
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After a week of weather delays, NASA officials on Thursday set a Wednesday launch time for space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to resume construction of the international space station.
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Astronauts aboard NASA&#39;s shuttle Atlantis will scan their spacecraft&#39;s heat shield later today for any signs of damage as they continue on course towards the International Space Station (ISS).
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Urgent: NASA decides to return Atlantis to launch pad    WASHINGTON, Aug.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- As the countdown toward a launch of Atlantis on the first space shuttle flight of the year was set to begin, another clock ticked away Monday toward a possible strike by several hundred workers at Kennedy Space Center.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the U.S.   space shuttle Atlantis returned to Florida on Saturday to   prepare for a new launch attempt on NASA's first International   Space Station assembly mission in nearly four years.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Space shuttle Atlantis headed for home on Wednesday with NASA pushing to get it back to Earth before the U.S. military tries to shoot a dead spy satellite out of the sky.
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NASA rules out Thursday launch of Atlantis   WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- NASA managers ruled out a launch attempt on Thursday, but said Friday still was a possibility, according to NASA's official website.
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WASHINGTON - NASA is now targeting Jan. 10 for the liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis pending the resolution of fuel tank sensor issues that prevented two launch attempts this month, the space agency said Thursday.
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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.