Rain delays shuttle landing in Florida
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For the second day, rain prevented space shuttle Atlantis from landing Friday at Kennedy Space Center on its first try, leaving NASA managers to decide whether to try a landing in California instead.
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Rain and low clouds prevented Atlantis from returning to Florida on Thursday, but mission managers were hopeful the space shuttle would be able to touch down a day later, even if it meant landing in California.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; Dreary Florida coast weather might push back a planned Thursday launch of the space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew, NASA mission managers said today.
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NASA has decided to delay the Atlantis shuttle landing by 24 hours, from Wednesday to Thursday, over concerns about a floating object discovered near the orbiter and unfavorable weather conditions, a spokesman said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from Florida on Friday due   to a problem with a sensor in the spacecraft's external fuel   tank, a NASA official said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed space shuttle Discovery's liftoff on Thursday night because of thick, low clouds at the Florida launch site.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA skipped its first opportunity on Friday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis back home to Florida because of continuing bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center.
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By Mike Schneider THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery late Thursday, and a forecast for strong winds prompted the space agency to postpone another attempt by at least two days.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA ruled out the first opportunity for the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis to land in Florida on Thursday because of bad weather, but may still make an attempt later in the day.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Bad weather forced NASA on Thursday to delay bringing space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth at least until Friday, the U.S. space agency said.
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS  Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery on Thursday night, and strong winds could delay another attempt for a day or two.
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Bad weather could delay the return to Earth of space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven after a successful mission to the International Space Station, a NASA spokesman said Wednesday.
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Discovery lifted off at 8:47 p.m. EST Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida in the first night launch of a space shuttle in four years.  The launch was delayed from Thursday by bad weather.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Bad weather forced NASA to skip a first opportunity on Thursday to bring space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth but the U.S. space agency could make another attempt later in the day.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA monitored discouraging weather forecasts this morning in Central Florida -- and in Europe -- but proceeded with the countdown for tonight's blastoff of shuttle Discovery.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hail storm left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank and on a wing.
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NASA cleared the Space Shuttle Discovery for its liftoff after engineers resolved technical concerns, but possible clouds and rain threaten to delay the launch.