NASA: Dinged-up fuel tank can be fixed
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A preliminary inspection of space shuttle Atlantis's hail-damaged fuel tank shows it can be repaired in Florida, keeping it on track for a launch as soon as late April, a NASA spokeswoman said Friday.
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NASA has redesigned the space shuttle`s fuel tank, marking a big step in returning to space. The new tank has been designed to prevent chunks of insulating foam from breaking off during launch.
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WASHINGTON NASA is taking a major step this week toward returning astronauts to space. Engineers will ship a rocket-fuel tank that has been refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the
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NEW ORLEANS -- A redesigned 27-ton fuel tank for the space shuttle Discovery is on its way to Cape Canaveral today, traveling by barge across the Gulf of Mexico.
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA is hoping to develop techniques to allow a crew to repair damages to Space Shuttle in flight.
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The launch of the space shuttle Discovery could be delayed after a chunk of ice was discovered on its fuel tank, just two hours before today's scheduled lift-off.
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NASA marked a major  milestone in its space shuttle return-to-flight efforts today with the  morning&nbsp;rollout of a redesigned fuel tank at Kennedy Space Center  (KSC).
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Engineers worked to fix a leaky hydraulic seal on NASA&#39;s space shuttle Discovery Wednesday as the agency weighs a possible delay for the spacecraft&#39;s planned October launch.
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NASA has finished building a redesigned  space shuttle fuel tank that was reconfigured to eliminate the  debris problem that doomed the shuttle Columbia and its seven  astronauts, agency officials said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON  - NASA has modified the first huge external space shuttle tank, a fix meant to avoid repeating a 2003 tragedy that killed seven astronauts and has grounded the shuttles since, the agency said Tuesday.
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Following more than 18-months of redesign work, the next external tank that will fuel a NASA space shuttle as it is launched into orbit is about ready for delivery, NASA officials said today.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA scrubbed Friday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis again, this time because of a problem that has bedeviled the space agency before: a faulty fuel tank sensor.
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Next month's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis could be held up because of a hailstorm. The hail in Florida left hundreds of dents on the fuel tank. NASA are now examining the damage.  (c) 2007 Daily Record; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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WASHINGTON NASA&#39;s ready to roll out an improved rocket fuel tank designed to prevent problems that helped destroy the space shuttle Columbia.
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The space shuttle's external fuel tank, implicated in the 2003 Columbia disaster, is to get its own camera.
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HOUSTON â A first look at video from space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank revealed no signs of damage to the spacecraft's heat-resistant underbelly, NASA mission managers said Friday.