Countdown begins for US space shuttle mission
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The countdown for the December 7 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station has begun as scheduled.
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HOUSTON -- The  next&nbsp;crew&nbsp;bound for the International Space Station (ISS) is  preparing for a mission that, they hope, will see the arrival of at least one  space shuttle and possibly the addition of a third  crewmember.
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HOUSTON - NASA&#39;s shuttle Endeavour is headed for the launch pad as the space agency gears up for its second construction flight of the year to the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA prepared to launch space shuttle Discovery on a complex International Space Station mission, even as lingering clouds threatened to delay liftoff by at least 24 hours.
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Preparations are on schedule for NASA's first nighttime space shuttle launch in four years, managers said Wednesday.
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Countdown starts for Atlantis launch    WASHINGTON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The launch countdown for the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis officially began at 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0100 GMT Wednesday), according to NASA TV.
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After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.
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By Jeff Postelwait World Staff Writer  Sending a message to mission control, Cmdr. Garrett Pool asked for the countdown to commence as the five-member team of the Hawkings Explorer was ready to begin its mission to Mars. "We are ready for liftoff," Garrett said.
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The countdown for Tuesday's launch of the shuttle Discovery on its mission to the orbiting International Space Station began Saturday at 2:00 pm (1800 GMT), said a spokesman for Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The seven-man crew  assigned to the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis&#39; upcoming mission  to the International Space Station arrived at the Kennedy Space  Center on Monday in preparation for Friday&#39;s planned liftoff.
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Hoping for good weather  and better luck, NASA started fueling the space shuttle  Atlantis on Saturday for a last-ditch attempt to launch a  mission to resume construction of the International Space  Station.
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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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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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By Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 4--NASA is preparing to ramp up the pace of its shuttle missions as Atlantis is poised to blast off this week in a bid to finish the assembly of the international space station by a 2010 deadline.
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NASA is finally ready  to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle  Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff at 7:38  p.m. EDT on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- After a countdown foiled by a low layer of clouds, NASA will try again Saturday night to launch Discovery and its seven astronauts on the last shuttle mission of the year.   Liftoff is scheduled for 8:47 p.m. EST Saturday.
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Nasa mission managers give the go-ahead for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch on Thursday of next week.