NASA Fuel Tank Heading to Space Center
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A 27-ton fuel tank is making a five-day voyage across the Gulf of Mexico to NASA's Kennedy Space Center as the space agency prepares for its first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster in 2003.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Technicians at the   Kennedy Space Center in Florida started filling space shuttle   Atlantis' fuel tank for a launch attempt on Friday after nearly   two weeks of delays due to weather problems and technical   glitches, officials said.
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WASHINGTON NASA is taking a major step this week toward returning astronauts to space. Engineers will ship a rocket-fuel tank that has been refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the
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A fuel sensor that has given NASA headaches in the past acted up Friday morning as space shuttle Atlantis' crew prepared for liftoff.
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By MARCIA DUNN    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- NASA's redesigned space shuttle fuel tanks should no longer shed dangerous pieces of foam when launches resume next spring, officials said Thursday...
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NASA will take a key step to returning astronauts to space when engineers ship a fuel tank that has been refitted. All this too decrease the likelihood of falling debris that caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, officials said Tuesday.
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Technicians at the  Kennedy Space Center in Florida started filling space shuttle  Atlantis' fuel tank for a launch attempt on Friday after nearly  two weeks of delays due to weather problems and technical  glitches, officials said.
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NASA on Thursday will take a significant step toward getting the space shuttle flying again when it rolls out the first new fuel tank that is designed to eliminate the problems that led to the 2003 breakup of shuttle Columbia.
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NASA is relying on an overhaul of the space shuttle&#39;s towering external fuel tank to eliminate dangerous debris that triggered the fatal breakup of Columbia nearly two years ago, space agency officials said Monday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A fuel sensor that has given NASA headaches in the past began acting up early Friday morning as space shuttle Atlantis' crew prepared for liftoff.The agency was working to fix the problem and continuing with launch preparations, NASA spokesman Bruce Buckingham said.
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NASA&#39;s decision to reconsider using a space shuttle to repair the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is potentially good news for the eastern New Orleans plant that makes external fuel tanks for the shuttle, a plant spokesman said Thursday.
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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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Forecasters are predicting an 80 percent chance of good weather at space shuttle launch time tonight, and the fueling of the huge external tank began on time shortly before 10 a.m. EDT. The blastoff of Atlantis is scheduled for 7:38 p.m. EDT Friday on a mission to continue construction of the international space station.
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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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NASA tomorrow will take a significant step toward getting the space shuttle flying again when it rolls out the first new fuel tank designed to eliminate problems that led to the 2003 breakup of shuttle Columbia.
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Seven NASA astronauts are poised to launch into orbit tonight aboard the shuttle Atlantis to haul vital new solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA began installing a new connector in the space shuttle Atlantisâs fuel tank in hopes of launching the craft in early February.