Space Shuttles Survive Hurricane Frances
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maggeth writes &quot;In an update to a previous story, NASA damage assessment teams have begun work at the Kennedy Space Center, which was hit by Hurricane Frances.
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The gigantic hangar where the space shuttle is prepared for its missions sustained much more damage from Hurricane Frances than initially believed, NASA officials said Tuesday.
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The third hurricane to hit NASA&#39;s spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building, but overall
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Still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Frances, NASA braced on Thursday for the even more menacing Ivan, hurriedly moving mangled strips of aluminum siding and exposed equipment into the hangar that once housed the wreckage of space shuttle Columbia.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Aug. 28 -- The threat of a hurricane forced NASA on Monday to postpone plans to launch the space shuttle Atlantis for at least a week, a decision that could lead to an extended delay and that underscored the daunting challenge the space agency faces in trying to complete construction...
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Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA a least a week&#39;s worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the
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Twenty months after the Columbia tragedy, NASA is still struggling to overcome serious engineering hurdles  to resume flying its space shuttles in  March, a task that has become even tougher because of hurricane-caused work stoppages and damage to critical facilities.
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NASA managers worried Monday about the prospect of Hurricane Ivan after Hurricane Frances ripped about 1,000 4-by-10-foot aluminum panels off one side of its massive Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Center director Jim Kennedy said.
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The third hurricane to hit NASA (news - web sites)&#39;s spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers kept close tabs on the weather Thursday as thunderstorms and low clouds threatened to prevent space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts from landing after a trip to the international space station.
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Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA a least a week's worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the space agency's plans to launch Discovery in early spring.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Seven astronauts boarded space shuttle Discovery on Saturday, hoping for a break in the gusty Florida winds and the start of a complicated mission to rewire the International Space Station.
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By MARCIA DUNN     CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Frances, NASA braced on Thursday for the even more menacing Ivan, hurriedly moving mangled strips of aluminum siding and exposed equipment into the hangar that once housed the wreckage of space shuttle Columbia...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at its Florida home base on Wednesday after a grueling but successful 15-day construction mission that prepared the International Space Station for new laboratories.
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Space shuttle Atlantis safely touched down in Florida on Wednesday following a 13-day mission to the International Space Station, NASA television images showed.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Thursday delayed for a day the landing of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis because of bad weather in Florida.
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By The Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center with Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching, the space shuttle Atlantis' six crew members flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch on Wednesday.