NASA clears shuttle for launch try on Thursday
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Wednesday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a launch attempt on Thursday, though the weather outlook was not favorable.
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NASA on Wednesday  cleared the space shuttle Discovery for launch from Florida on  December 7 on a mission to continue building the International  Space Station, a space agency official said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Discovery was rolled out from its processing hangar on Sunday, as NASA moved to keep to a tight schedule for Discovery's launch on a milestone International Space Station construction mission next month.
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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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By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - NASA cleared Atlantis for a Thursday landing after finding that the space shuttle appeared undamaged and concluding the discovery of unexplained space debris did not pose a serious problem.
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NASA prepares for new Atlantis launch attempt    WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency officials said on Monday that NASA had prepared for a fresh launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday.
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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 clears shuttle Atlantis to land next week   WASHINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Mission Control Center told the Atlantis crew Saturday that space shuttle's thermal protection system is cleared for re-entry.   The astronauts got "the good news" about 11:20 a.m.
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Nasa mission managers give the go-ahead for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch on Thursday of next week.
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NASA rules out Thursday launch of Atlantis   WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- NASA managers ruled out a launch attempt on Thursday, but said Friday still was a possibility, according to NASA's official website.
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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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Space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to depart the international space station after a test Monday showed Russian computers that crashed last week can control the outpost's orientation.
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NASA said it is confident it will be able to launch the space shuttle Atlantis Friday for the first mission of the year, after a launch date three months ago was scrapped due to hail damage.
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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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By ASSOCIATED PRESS  NASA scrubbed today's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, this time because of a problem that has bedeviled the space agency before: a faulty fuel tank sensor.  The launch was rescheduled for 11:15 a.m.
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Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery Thursday night, and strong winds could delay another attempt for a day or two.NASA managers waited until the end of the countdown before deciding to call off the launch scheduled for 9:35 p.m. EST.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff at 7:38 p.m. EDT on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.