Big shuttle repairs not possible
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Space shuttle astronauts will fly next year without the ability to repair in orbit the type of damage that destroyed the Columbia vehicle in February 2003.
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HOUSTON, June 11 -- Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, extending the spacecraft's mission from 11 to 13 days, NASA managers said Monday.
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With just three months remaining until liftoff, the astronauts assigned to the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia catastrophe still don't know what type of repair kit will accompany them into orbit.
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The space station's two American astronauts went out on a riskier than usual spacewalk Wednesday to fix one of two equipment failures that have crippled their power system and threatened to stall construction.
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NASA should be able to meet all requirements for resuming space shuttle flights next spring, but some solutions, like repairing damage to heat shields, will be open
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Although a shuttle servicing mission is one of the options for servicing the Hubble Space Telescope, to date, NASA does not have a definitive estimate of the potential cost.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Damage to the space shuttle Atlantis in a ferocious hail storm means NASA will not be able to launch the next shuttle mission in March as planned, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
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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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NASA is wrestling with a potentially dangerous problem in a spacecraft that has not even been built yet.
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA postponed the return of space shuttle Atlantis for at least a day after a small, mysterious object apparently fell off the ship in orbit Tuesday and raised fears that the spacecraft might not be able to make the journey home.
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Atlantis astronauts may use a sewing kit normally reserved for spacesuits to repair a peeled-back thermal blanket near the spacecraft's tail, NASA managers said Tuesday. The shuttle astronauts' 11-day mission was extended Monday by two days to allow time to fix the thermal blanket, which peeled during launch last week.
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Nasa postpones Wednesday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis due to a technical problem.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers delayed   filling the space shuttle Atlantis' fuel tank early on   Wednesday to give technicians time to trouble-shoot a problem   with one of the ship's three onboard fuel cells, a spokeswoman   with the U.S. space agency said.
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A major, new problem popped up on the International Space Station on Wednesday as space shuttle astronauts finished installing a new solar-power unit -- the failure of key computers that could in an extreme scenario force the crew off the station, officials said.
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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
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.- NASA&#39;s three space shuttles are just fine, but the already damaged Vehicle Assembly Building lost more of wall panels to Hurricane Jeanne overnight and this morning.
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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.