Weather Could Delay Shuttle Landing
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Jun. 21--Mission managers declared shuttle Atlantis fit to return to Earth on Thursday, but a higher authority -- nature -- might give the seven astronauts an extra day in space.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hail storm left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank and on a wing.
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Unfavorable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida led NASA flight controllers to wave off a Thursday touchdown for space shuttle Atlantis.  Two landing opportunities existed Thursday -- the first at 1:55 p.m. EDT and the second at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
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A scheduled March 15 launch has been delayed after the external fuel tank attached to the shuttle Atlantis and possibly the orbiter itself were damaged by a hailstorm at the launch pad Monday afternoon.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - A cold front expected to pass over central Florida on Thursday may force NASA to postpone the launch of space shuttle Discovery on a mission to rewire the International Space Station, officials said on Wednesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; Dreary Florida coast weather might push back a planned Thursday launch of the space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew, NASA mission managers said today.
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The severe weather that spawned deadly tornadoes throughout the South threatened to delay Thursday's planned launch of shuttle Atlantis, already two months late in getting to the space station with a new lab.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is marching toward another evening launch attempt for Discovery on Saturday, but bad weather could keep the space shuttle grounded again.
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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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NASA will try again on  Friday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and seven  astronauts home after bad weather prevented its planned landing  in Florida on Thursday.
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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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Or, why the UK will never launch spaceships The wrong kind of cloud (too low) over Florida has prompted NASA's shuttle mission managers to postpone the next launch until Saturday. It was due to blast off yesterday, but the bad weather meant the launch could not go ahead.â¦
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed moving the space shuttle Discovery to a processing hangar on Wednesday so technicians could replace a leaking seal, likely delaying a key International Space Station assembly mission.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Clouds of concern gathered for Thursday night's liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery as NASA downgraded launch chances to 40 percent due to weather.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Bad weather forced NASA on Thursday to delay bringing the space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth at least until Friday, the U.S. space agency said.
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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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NASA has decided to delay the Atlantis shuttle landing by 24 hours, from Wednesday to Thursday, over concerns about a floating object discovered near the orbiter and unfavorable weather conditions, a spokesman said.