Foam, not shuttle repairs on the go, key flight issue
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NASA can return shuttles to flight even if the agency is unable to fix in space the type of wing damage that caused the February 2003 Columbia accident, the head of an oversight group said Thursday.
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Leaky hydraulic seals on space shuttle Discovery must be replaced, and the extra work may end up delaying next month's flight, a NASA official said Monday.
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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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the fourth time in two weeks, NASA nixed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, this time for a faulty fuel tank sensor - the same glitch that has thwarted two other missions.  A fifth liftoff attempt will be made at 11:15 a.m.
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HOUSTON -- NASA engineers are conducting a series of tests to determine how best to repair a torn heat-resistant blanket on the space shuttle Atlantis.
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NASA gave the green light Monday night for a Fourth of July shuttle liftoff despite worries about a piece of foam that popped off Discovery&#039;s external fuel tank while the spacecraft sat on the launch pad.
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Winds and water wreak havoc on the Kennedy Space Center. The damage could delay space flights scheduled for next spring.
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Nasa says it is unsure when the Atlantis orbiter will lift off as it grapples with a sensor problem on the shuttle.
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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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NASA had briefly considered delaying next Tuesdayâs mission after an independent group of engineers raised concerns about microscopic cracks in three heat shield panels that protect the shuttleâs wings.
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NASA engineers will patch up the last of four brackets with cracked insulation on the next space shuttle fuel tank to fly Friday to help prevent the same type of foam debris that dinged the Endeavour orbiter earlier this month.
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By Wire Reports  Video:  Tiny Parts Lost in Space     Video:  Passenger Disrupts Cross-Country Flight     CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis is likely unharmed from small showers of fuel tank foam that appeedar to rain on the orbitein the late stages of  its Sept. 9 launch, NASA's shuttle chief said Saturday.
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ASTRONAUTS on the space shuttle Atlantis will spend two extra days in orbit to fix the craft's thermal "blanket".   Experts feared the rip could result in damage to the shuttle during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
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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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Swedes in spaaace The Shuttle has landed safely at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, a day late, but in one piece.â¦
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By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Feb. 7--A system failure caused some glitches on the station, and the shuttle traveled a little too far into space, directors say, but for the most part the Columbia Aeronautic and Space Association mission is going well.