Clouds Force NASA to Scrub Shuttle Launch
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ 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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed space shuttle Discovery's liftoff on Thursday night because of thick, low clouds at the Florida launch site.
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Rain forced NASA to delay the landing of space shuttle Atlantis in Florida Thursday, but the agency hoped the skies would clear up to return its seven astronauts to Earth later in the day.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; A poor weather forecast continues to threaten a Thursday launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis, but NASA mission managers haven't thrown in the towel yet.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday after a fuel   sensor failed, only the latest delay of its mission to restart   construction of the International Space Station.
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NASA cleared the Space Shuttle Discovery for its liftoff after engineers resolved technical concerns, but possible clouds and rain threaten to delay the launch.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- 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.
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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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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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Cold and cloudy weather has threatened to scuttle a planned blastoff for the space shuttle Discovery, two days after it was called off at the last minute due to low-flying clouds.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - 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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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA put off Friday's launch scrub decision for the space shuttle Atlantis as long as possible to determine whether a fuel sensor issue warranted keeping the orbiter Earthbound for one more day, top shuttle officials said today.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Wednesday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a launch attempt on Thursday, though the weather outlook was not favorable.
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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 Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Sep. 6--CAPE CANAVERAL -- The weather cooperated this afternoon, but shuttle Atlantis did not:   Erratic readings from one of its three fuel cells forced NASA to scrub today's attempt to launch the spacecraft and a crew commanded by Brent Jett Jr.
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By Staff Reports  Video:  Hail Storm Damage Delays Shuttle Launch     CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hailstorm left hundreds of small dings on the spacecraft's external fuel tank.
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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.