Hail damages space shuttle's external fuel tank
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Hail has damaged the external fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, leaving the status of the planned March 15 launch unclear, a US space agency spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances did more damage to the Kennedy Space Center than any other storm in history, tearing an estimated 1,000 exterior panels from a giant building where space vehicles are assembled, officials said Monday.
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NASA said Friday that cracks have been found in the insulation of all three space shuttle fuel tanks slated to fly in coming months and could be the reason a chunk of foam debris broke off during Endeavour's launch.
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NASA will cross off one more goal from its shuttle return-to-flight checklist this week when it ships an improved space shuttle external fuel tank to the Kennedy Space Center, officials said Tuesday.
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Hurricane Frances spared NASA&#39;s depleted shuttle fleet but ripped away siding from a towering landmark Kennedy Space Center facility, exposing the critical enclosure to the
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NASA has refitted a space shuttle fuel tank to decrease the likelihood of the debris problem that doomed the shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts from happening again, agency officials said on Tuesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Hail damaged the fuel tank of the space shuttle Atlantis and NASA managers were to meet at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday to determine if the damage will delay next month's launch.
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As expected, small pieces of foam debris and ice fell off the shuttleÂs external fuel tank during its launch, but they did not appear to strike the spacecraft.
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A bad gauge connector in Atlantis' fuel tank is to blame for the recent failure that kept the shuttle earthbound. It's not known how long it might take to get a replacement, and you know how parts departments are.
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NASA will not be able  to launch the next space shuttle mission in March as planned  because the shuttle Atlantis sustained damage from a ferocious  hail storm, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA engineers were troubleshooting a possible problem Wednesday with lines connecting the external fuel tank to space shuttle Atlantis, the only remaining concern about the first shuttle flight of the year.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Damage sustained by 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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By Traci Watson  A severe hailstorm in February pockmarked space shuttle Atlantis's fuel tank so badly that NASA didn't know whether it could be fixed. Then came the "portable pencil sharpener" to save the day.
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NASA launches its first space shuttle mission of the year tonight after completing repairs to the spacecraft's external tank caused by a hailstorm.
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Nasa today postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hailstorm left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank.   The launch, which had been set for March 15, was pushed back until at least late April to give Nasa time to make repairs.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Atlantis was removed from its seaside launch pad on Sunday for repairs after a freak hailstorm battered the spaceship's fuel tank last week.