Hail Forces Launch Delay for Atlantis
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Golf ball-size hail that pelted space shuttle Atlantis earlier this week, dimpling its fuel tank, did enough damage that NASA has decided to cancel its March launch plans and send the shuttle back inside for repairs.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Tuesday   postponed the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis by a day,   partly because of poor weather forecast for the Kennedy Space   Center in Florida.
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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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Space shuttle Atlantis on Sunday began a slow trek from the launch pad back to a hangar so technicians can inspect damage caused by an hail storm and determine what kind of repairs should be made.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Damage to the space shuttle Atlantis in a ferocious hail storm means NASA will not be able to launch the next shuttle mission in March as planned, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
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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 SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An electrical problem forced NASA to postpone Wednesday's liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis yet again, and engineers faced with a tight launch schedule struggled to understand the problem.
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NASA postponed the scheduled March launch of space shuttle Atlantis because of heat shield and fuel tank damage caused by a hail storm at Cape Canaveral.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Rain and low clouds prevented Atlantis from returning to Florida on Thursday, but mission managers were hopeful the space shuttle would be able to touch down a day later, even if it meant landing in California.
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A hail storm left hundreds of divots on space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank, and NASA managers weren't sure Tuesday if the damage was severe enough to postpone next month's launch.
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Nasa says that it will delay the launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hailstorm damaged the fuel tank.
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Heavy weather could delay the return to Earth of space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven after a successful mission to the International Space Station, a NASA spokesman said Wednesday.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Atlantis by at least another day after discovering a problem with its electrical power system early Wednesday.
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Possible rain and clouds threaten to delay Thursday's launch of space shuttle Discovery.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday because of a   problem with a power system aboard the ship, officials with the   U.S. space agency said.
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The scheduled late-morning liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on Friday is likely to be delayed by 24 hours, NASA program manager Wayne Hale told CNN.