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NASA said Thursday it has found four more small cracks on the metal supports of the shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank, as the aging shuttle undergoes X-ray testing before its final space mission next year.Repairs would be made to the cracks in ...

NASA carried out tests on the external fuel tank of the aging shuttle Discovery on Friday after strange cracks appeared during a countdown last month which delayed its final launch into space."So far, so good," said Allard Beutel, a spokesman for the ...

Capsule docks with International Space Station, brings 3 new tenants from US, Italy, RussiaThe International Space Station has three new tenants.A Russian Soyuz capsule docked with the orbiting lab Friday, two days after blasting off from Kazakhstan. It delivered an American, an ...

NASA loads shuttle Discovery's fuel tank in test to figure out cracks, no launch until Feb.NASA is fueling space shuttle Discovery at the launch pad. But the shuttle won't be flying anywhere, at least not anytime soon.Discovery is grounded until February because ...

NASA will run a series of fuel tank tests on the shuttle Discovery Friday to see if repairs have successfully fixed a series of cracks that have thwarted the mission's final run to space.The tests are to take place at 7 am ...

The shuttle Discovery's final mission to the International Space Station will be delayed until February 3 at the earliest as engineers try to solve the mystery of the cracked fuel tank, NASA said Friday.The aging shuttle's latest attempt to launch was scratched ...

NASA delays final voyage of space shuttle Discovery to Feb., fuel tank cracks the culpritSpace shuttle Discovery's final mission is off until February, three months late because of fuel tank cracks that are stumping engineers.NASA's top spaceflight managers announced the latest delay ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will not attempt to fly space shuttle Discovery this year as it investigates what caused cracking in the ship's fuel tank during a launch try in November, officials said on Friday.The next opportunity to fly Discovery ...

NASA on Wednesday postponed until mid-December the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on its last trip to the International Space Station after cracks were found in its external fuel tank."It's a complex problem," space shuttle program manager John Shannon said. "We ...

Space shuttle Discovery may spend Christmas in orbit on last flight; NASA looking at new delayBaffled by fuel tank cracks, NASA announced another prolonged launch delay for space shuttle Discovery on Wednesday and raised the prospect of a Christmastime flight.Shuttle managers refused ...

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Topic: Space Shuttle Discovery

NASA finds more cracks on Discovery fuel tank

NASA tests aging shuttle after failed launch

Capsule docks with space station, 3 new tenants

NASA fuels shuttle Discovery in test for cracks

NASA to test shuttle Discovery repairs Friday

NASA postpones Discovery launch to February 3

NASA delays shuttle flight to Feb., cracks culprit

NASA delays space shuttle launch until next year

NASA postpones Discovery launch to mid-December

Shuttle Discovery's last flight over Christmas?

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