NASA Says Repairs Have Lessened Worries About Shortages
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As a new crew prepares to lift off tomorrow for the international space station, NASA officials say they are less worried than they were two weeks ago about problems with its oxygen generator and growing shortages of food and spare parts.
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The United States today played down concerns raised by the UN atomic watchdog about equipment and materials that could be used to make nuclear weapons reported missing from Iraq, saying the problem had been addressed.
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA is hoping to develop techniques to allow a crew to repair damages to Space Shuttle in flight.
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WASHINGTON - NASA takes a major step toward returning astronauts to space when engineers this week ship an improved rocket fuel tank refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the destruction of Columbia and the deaths of seven astronauts.
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NASA officials said that they fully expected engineers to resolve the problems, but that it could take days.
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Space shuttle Discovery was cleared for Thursday's liftoff after NASA resolved technical concerns, but possible clouds and rain threatened to delay the launch.
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NASA said Tuesday it is focusing on the wiring linking crucial fuel gauges into the liquid hydrogen tank as the likely cause of failures that forced the US space agency to scrub the space shuttle's launch earlier this month.
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NASA&#39;s safety chief Wednesday dismissed sensational claims that astronauts had been drunk on flight missions, boosting the US space agency&#39;s battle to repair its tarnished credibility.
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NASA managers said the craft showed no sign of damage after the appearance of mysterious debris caused concern.
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NASA gave the green light for crews to fill the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tanks for a scheduled launch Tuesday after ruling out a delay to address safety concerns.
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There were no signs that a mystery   object near shuttle Atlantis had fallen from or damaged the   spacecraft, but cautious NASA managers on Wednesday ordered   more inspections after an initial search just to be sure.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Two U.S. astronauts replaced a broken motor on one of the International Space Station's solar wings during a spacewalk on Wednesday, clearing the way for more modules to be added to the outpost.
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NASA said Thursday it had corrected flaws that caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia in February 2003 and that a modified shuttle would be ready to resume flights sometime next Spring.
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The main oxygen generator aboard the International Space Station, which has been malfunctioning since last month, was partially repaired using spare parts that arrived last week.
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Scans of the shuttleÂs delicate heat shield this morning so far reveal no worrisome damage to the craft.
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MELBOURNE, Fla.  - Looking to accomplish the most  work in the shortest period of time, NASA managers have decided  to test two techniques to repair heat shields during one  spacewalk when the space shuttle returns to flight, agency  officials said on Friday.
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Astronauts on Friday fixed a tear in the shuttle Atlantis&#39;s heat shield and repaired two main computers at the International Space Station after an unprecedented systems breakdown that lasted 48 hours, a NASA spokeswoman said.