Atlantis looking good for rain-free launch
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NASA could use some good news The scheduled launch of the space shuttle Atlantis (at 23:38pm, GMT) is looking more likely to go ahead as the weather in Florida has slightly improved.â¦
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis is likely unharmed from small showers of fuel tank foam that appeedar to rain on the orbitein the late stages of  its Sept. 9 launch, NASA's shuttle chief said Saturday.
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By JIM SKEEN  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE -- Poor weather in Florida could divert the space shuttle Atlantis to land today or Saturday at Edwards Air Force Base, where officials plan to open the Mercury Boulevard viewing area.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Preparations for a Friday evening liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis are still on track despite weather forecasts of possible hail in the days leading up to launch.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is watching the weather for Tuesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will try again on Friday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts home after clouds and rain at its Florida landing site prevented a touchdown on Thursday.
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NASA said weather conditions over Florida will be a major factor in its decision whether to proceed with the landing Wednesday of space shuttle Atlantis.   The shuttle crew was to make a 5:59 a.m.
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The launch weather officer for the space shuttle Atlantis said the forecast appears favorable for the planned Wednesday Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch.   Kathy Winters said thunderstorms could hit the area around the Kennedy Space Center after the 12:29 p.m.
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NASA was optimistic that the Space Shuttle Atlantis would still land as expected on Thursday, after preliminary inspections did not turn up damage from floating debris found near the shuttle.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; Tomorrow's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis has a 70 percent chance of getting rained out, NASA mission managers said this morning.
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Weather concerns are growing as NASA nears its scheduled launch of the shuttle Discovery.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers said they plan to land the space shuttle Atlantis safely Friday, but the weather would determine the time and location.
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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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The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis was rolled out to its seaside launch pad on Thursday  in preparation for a planned liftoff in March on the first of  five missions NASA hopes to fly this year.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Summer rain in Florida on the first day of summer _ who would have guessed?  Scattered showers and a thick layer of clouds compelled mission managers to wave off both opportunities Thursday to land shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida.
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Preparations are on track for Friday&#39;s evening launch of the  space shuttle Atlantis from Florida,  despite a small chance of a scrub due to weather.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; Europe's bus-sized science lab will soon make its zero-gravity debut after the launch of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis tomorrow, weather permitting.