Space shuttle fueled for launch, rain forecast
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will attempt to launch its third space shuttle mission in six months on Thursday night despite a poor weather outlook.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Wednesday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a launch attempt on Thursday, though the weather outlook was not favorable.
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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.
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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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NASA will attempt to launch the Atlantis shuttle next Wednesday as the orbiter successfully weathered Tropical Storm Ernesto this week, the US space agency said.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Despite discouraging weather forecasts, NASA ordered technicians to begin fueling shuttle Discovery around noon today and to prepare the crew for tonight's blastoff.
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Final preparations were under way Friday for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for the first mission of the year, with weather conditions looking good for a blastoff to the International Space Station.
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The shuttle Discovery is ready to roar, but poor weather might keep it on the ground today.
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Clouds and rain threaten to delay by at least 24 hours the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on its mission to the International Space Station, said NASA.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery Thursday night, and strong winds could delay another attempt for a day or two.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 9--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Its first countdown foiled by low clouds Thursday night, NASA will try again tonight to launch Discovery and its seven astronauts on the last shuttle mission of the year.   Liftoff is scheduled for 8:47 p.m.
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Shuttle Atlantis looks set to lift off after foul weather last week scuttled three attempts to launch the first International Space Station construction mission in nearly four years.
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NASA managers had their  fingers crossed on Monday in hopes that this week's planned  launch of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis will go ahead after a  week's delay due to a lightning strike and a storm.
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NASA officials said they were confident they will be able to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday for the first mission of the year, after a launch date in March was scrapped due to hail damage.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery Thursday night, and strong winds could delay another attempt for a day or two.
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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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NASA fueled Discovery for liftoff Tuesday on a backbreakingly difficult space station construction mission, despite a gloomy forecast calling for rain right around launch time.