NASA was again forced to postpone the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on Monday because of bad weather near the Kennedy Space Center.
“The weather has just bitten us again,” launch director Pete Nickolenko told the Endeavour crew.
Endeavour was set to lift off at 6:51pm EDT, prior to the postponement.  It’s mission [...]

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NASA has once again delayed Sunday evening’s launch of the space shuttle Endeavour due to strong thunderstorms in the area.
The team was literally within minutes of launching Endeavour and deploying 7 astronauts to the international space station.  Storms, however, interfered with the safety rules established by NASA.  The launch was scrapped for the [...]

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NASA has now rescheduled the launch of the Endeavour space shuttle for 5:40am ET on Wednesday.  NASA also pushed back the launch of a separate lunar mission that was previously scheduled for that day.
The shuttle was originally set to launch this past Saturday, but a hydrogen leak forced the launch to be [...]

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A hydrogen leak has forced NASA to cancel Saturday’s planned launch of the space shuttle Endeavour.
NASA stopped fueling the shuttle Saturday morning after noticing a leak emanating from the hydrogen venting system near the external fuel tank.  That system usually carries hydrogen safely away from the launch pad.
Shuttle managers will meet at 2pm [...]

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The space shuttle Atlantis sustained tile damage when it lifted off on Monday, according to NASA officials.
“As we were going through the surveys we did see probably about 21 inches in all … four tiles with some dings in them,” Tony Ceccacci told reporters.
“To me, I’m not the tile expert, but they looked very minor.”
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