NASA's storm gamble improves odds of timely shuttle launch
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NASA has kept alive its hopes of launching space shuttle Atlantis by September 7 in dramatic fashion by abruptly sending the orbiter back to its launch pad to ride out a tropical storm.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis so that repairs can be made to damage from a hail storm that left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank and on a wing.
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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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The planned launch on Thursday of the Atlantis space shuttle and its cargo of a European laboratory could be scuttled by the onset of bad weather, NASA said.
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NASA issued a more dismal forecast Monday for the planned liftoff of space shuttle Discovery, saying rain and low clouds would be moving in right around launch time.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers had their   fingers crossed on Monday in hopes that this week's planned   launch of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis will go ahead after a   week's delay due to a lightning strike and a storm.
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Weather forecasters are predicting &quot;very favorable&quot; conditions for this week's planned launch of the Atlantic space shuttle, a NASA spokesman said.
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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 ORLANDO SENTINEL  NASA finally could get good weather this week for the planned launch of space shuttle Atlantis.  Meteorologists are predicting an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions for Wednesday's scheduled liftoff.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Poor weather forced NASA to skip its first chance of the day to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis back home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday but other landing opportunities remained.
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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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By Mike Schneider THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery late Thursday, and a forecast for strong winds prompted the space agency to postpone another attempt by at least two days.
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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.  -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery late Thursday, and a forecast for strong winds prompted the space agency to postpone another attempt by at least two days.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is watching the weather for Tuesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery.