Countdown Continues for Atlantis Launch
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Final preparations were underway Monday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited launch Wednesday of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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The weather looks favorable for a Wednesday launch of Atlantis, which storms have delayed several times, the shuttle's launch weather officer said Monday.
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Atlantis will stay in orbit at least a couple of extra hours today after rain showers delayed the landing.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.
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Urgent: Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off    WASHINGTON, June 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT) Friday from its seaside launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to NASA TV.  (c) 2007 Xinhua News Agency - CEIS.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Atlantis is on track for a planned Thursday landing pending the resolution of two final issues, though mission managers do not expect either to impact the orbiter&#39;s Earth return.
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US space officials are optimistic that Wednesday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis will go ahead.
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By Wire Reports  Video: Despite Glitch Shuttle Launch Still On    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Caught in a scheduling squeeze, NASA decided to try to launch space shuttle Atlantis on Friday without replacing a troublesome electrical component.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with the space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Test Director Steve Payne said he expected space shuttle Atlantis to launch as scheduled Friday.
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Space shuttle Atlantis rolls up to launch pad   WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, in preparation for the mid-March flight mission, according to NASA TV.
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By Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 4--NASA is preparing to ramp up the pace of its shuttle missions as Atlantis is poised to blast off this week in a bid to finish the assembly of the international space station by a 2010 deadline.
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After a week of weather delays, NASA officials on Thursday set a Wednesday launch time for space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to resume construction of the international space station.
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NASA officials will try again today to send off the space shuttle Atlantis on a long-delayed mission to resume construction of the international space station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis was rolled out to its seaside launch pad on Thursday in preparation for a planned liftoff in March on the first of five missions NASA hopes to fly this year.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Sep. 6--CAPE CANAVERAL -- The countdown advanced smoothly Tuesday for today's launch of space shuttle Atlantis and a crew commanded by Brent Jett Jr. of South Florida.
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SPACE.com / CAPE  CANAVERAL, Fla. - The clock is once more ticking down to a Sept. 8 launch for NASA's space shuttle Atlantis after engineers all but cleared a fuel cell issue aboard the spacecraft, mission managers said late Thursday.