Weather the last obstacle in NASA launch
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Clearing skies and diminishing winds raised hopes Saturday that NASA would succeed in its second attempt to get space shuttle Discovery off the ground for the first nighttime launch in four years.
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NASA prepared to launch  the space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday on a long-delayed  mission to deliver a $1.9 billion European laboratory to the  International Space Station, but weather threatened another  postponement.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - 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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The US space shuttle Discovery's planned launch on Tuesday could be delayed due to rain and cloudy conditions, NASA said on Monday.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Clouds of concern gathered for Thursday night's liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery as NASA downgraded launch chances to 40 percent due to weather.
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Unfavorable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida led NASA flight controllers to wave off a Thursday touchdown for space shuttle Atlantis.  Two landing opportunities existed Thursday -- the first at 1:55 p.m. EDT and the second at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
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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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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- A cliffhanger countdown ended without a shuttle liftoff Thursday night as a stubborn layer of clouds forced NASA to scrub -- at the last minute -- its attempt to launch Discovery and its astronauts.
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NASA is about to embark on an unprecedented asteroid-belt mission with a spacecraft aptly named Dawn. The 3 billion-mile, eight-year journey to probe the earliest stages of the solar system will begin with liftoff, planned for just after sunrise Thursday. Rain is forecast, however, and could force a delay.
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NASA decided to try to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, after a delay caused by a lightning strike and the threat of bad weather.
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Weather concerns are growing as NASA nears its scheduled launch of the shuttle Discovery.
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NASA engineers and researchers are gearing up to end a research program with a world-record flight approaching 7,000 mph. If weather permits, a wedge-shape X-43 unmanned craft will make the final
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The first planned launch attempt on Friday December 14 was pushed back due to poor weather conditions. The launch team is now awaiting the first available date on the range to reschedule the launch.
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The shuttle Discovery is ready to roar, but poor weather might keep it on the ground today.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA planned to try again on Saturday to launch the shuttle Discovery on a mission to rewire the International Space Station, but the weather forecast kept the nighttime launch in doubt.
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Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery Thursday night, and strong winds could delay another attempt for a day or two.NASA managers waited until the end of the countdown before deciding to call off the launch scheduled for 9:35 p.m. EST.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 7--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Despite discouraging weather forecasts, NASA ordered technicians to begin fueling shuttle Discovery around noon today and to prepare the crew for tonight's blastoff.