Hail Damages Shuttle; Launch is Pushed Back: A Storm With Golf-Ball-Sized Hail Damaged Shuttle Atlantis and NASA Delayed Its Launch for at Least a Month
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Feb. 28--Dramatizing the fragility of the soon-to-be-retired space shuttle, NASA managers on Tuesday ordered Atlantis removed from the launch pad and rolled back to its hangar after a hail storm punched thousands of shallow gouges into the craft.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday due to a   technical problem with the spacecraft's onboard power supply, a   NASA official said.
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By Traci Watson  Hailstones as big as golf balls put more than 7,000 dings into space shuttle Atlantis' fuel tank Monday night and may delay the ship's launch from March until June, NASA officials said Tuesday.
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HOUSTON, Oct. 1 -- NASA decided Friday to delay the spring 2005 launch of the first shuttle flight since Columbia disintegrated, citing hurricane damage and more work needed to implement safety recommendations.
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The weather looks favorable for a Wednesday launch of Atlantis, which storms have delayed several times, the shuttle's launch weather officer said Monday.
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NASA has delayed launch of the space shuttle Atlantis by 24 hours because of a lightning strike and other weather concerns, officials said Saturday.
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After more than a week of storm delays, NASA may be getting its best shot weather-wise for launching space shuttle Atlantis, officials said Monday. There was only a 20 percent chance that weather would prohibit the shuttle from blasting off at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday as planned, said Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer.
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Winds and water wreak havoc on the Kennedy Space Center. The damage could delay space flights scheduled for next spring.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will not be able to launch the next space shuttle mission in March as planned because the shuttle Atlantis sustained damage from a ferocious hail storm, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
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Next month's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis could be held up because of a hailstorm. The hail in Florida left hundreds of dents on the fuel tank. NASA are now examining the damage.  (c) 2007 Daily Record; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Blaming the busy hurricane season, NASA has announced that it will delay the space shuttle&#39;s return to space from March or April to a launch in May or July next year.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After more than a week of storm delays, NASA may be getting its best shot weather-wise for launching space shuttle Atlantis, officials said Monday.
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NASA restarted its  countdown clocks on Sunday at the Kennedy Space Center for the  launch this week of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis after a  week's postponement due to a lightning strike and a storm.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA hopes to take a   second shot at launching the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis next   week after a lightning strike and threatening weather derailed   plans for an August mission to resume construction of the   International Space Station.
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By Traci Watson  NASA is learning the hard way that December storms can be just as much of an obstacle to launching a space shuttle as the summer thunderclouds that foiled two liftoffs earlier this year.
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Shuttle repairs, gaffer tape and loose nuts NASA has postponed a shuttle launch planned for 15 March after the space vehicle was damaged by a launch-pad hailstorm on Monday.â¦
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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.