NASA assessing hail damage to space shuttle
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - 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.
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By Rasha Madkour Associated Press  HOUSTON -- The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 29 -- Five hours after the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis left its seaside launchpad to ride out expected high winds and rain from tropical storm Ernesto, NASA officials announced they were taking the shuttle back to the pad as the storm no longer posed a sufficient threat...
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Discovery's astronauts scanned the space shuttle's heat shield for potential damage, a day after a launch that apparently did not damage the orbiter, NASA said.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis' foam-covered fuel tank did shed some debris midway through today's successful launch, but the events are not believed to be a threat to the spacecraft, NASA officials said Saturday.
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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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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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By Traci Watson Astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis may need to make an emergency repair in orbit to a damaged section of their spacecraft's heat shield, shuttle official John Shannon said Sunday.
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NASA experts were today studying the debris from the Genesis capsule that crashed as it brought back samples of solar particles - the latest in a series of setbacks for the US space agency as it seeks to get its space program back on course.
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Nasa officials scrutinising the launch of space shuttle Atlantis say debris did hit, but  there was no visible damage.
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maggeth writes &quot;In an update to a previous story, NASA damage assessment teams have begun work at the Kennedy Space Center, which was hit by Hurricane Frances.
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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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Hail from a passing thunderstorm dinged a section of space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank, and NASA managers weren't sure Tuesday morning if the damage was severe enough to postpone next month's launch.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis will be moved from its launch pad to a hangar due to damage caused by a hailstorm to the fuel tank, NASA said on Tuesday.
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By Traci Watson The crew of space shuttle Atlantis will attempt an unprecedented repair of the rear of their spacecraft in orbit as early as Friday because of damage during liftoff to the critical heat shield there, NASA managers decided Monday.