Amid Concerns, an Ambitious Shuttle Mission
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NASA is planning to begin a mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, but a last-minute dispute is raising fundamental questions about the risks.
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The seven astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery began a challenging twelve-day mission involving some of the most complicated construction work ever performed on the International Space Station.
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Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven thundered into orbit Tuesday, setting off on the most challenging space station construction mission yet that will pave the way for the arrival of two science labs in a few months.
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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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The U.S. space agency is planning a mission to better understand a mysterious form of energy in the cosmos and an ambitious unmanned journey to the outer solar system, NASA officials said.
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The launch of the first Space Shuttle since the Columbia disaster has been delayed because of the impact of hurricane damage and the implementation of new safety measures.
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While space enthusiasts have focused on NASA's preparations for the next shuttle launching and its award of a huge contract to develop the next spaceship for human flight, a battle has erupted outside the limelight between the agency's administrator and some of his top scientific advisers.
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The sheer scale of Googleâs new shuttle program for its employees befits the companyâs oversize ambitions.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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NASA knows Columbia sustained damage on liftoff. But engineers' concerns get swept aside by mission control, at the cost of seven lives. Compiled by Tony Long.
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The shuttle ended a challenging 13-day mission to deliver a major new section to the International Space Station.
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The space shuttle Atlantis took off on a mission to resume construction of the International Space Station for the first time since the Columbia disaster.
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Space shuttle Atlantis began a sluggish move to the launch pad on Thursday in preparation for a mid-March mission to continue construction of the international space station.
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NASA is working to solve a potentially dangerous vibration problem in its next generation of launching vehicles.
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The installation of new solar panels on the International Space Station by the shuttle Atlantis crew marks just one stage in the difficult task of completing the orbital laboratory by 2010.
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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.