Shuttle Launches at Night to Rewire Station
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Dec. 9 -- The space shuttle Discovery, briefly turning night into day, streaked into space Saturday evening and set off after the international space station to rewire the outpost and activate its main power system.
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Preparations are on schedule for NASA's first nighttime space shuttle launch in four years, managers said Wednesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA will attempt to launch its third space shuttle mission in six months on Thursday night despite a poor weather outlook.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - The orbiting Discovery crew, en route Sunday to rewire the international space station, first had to make sure the shuttle's heat shield wasn't damaged during liftoff.
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NASA readied for a rare night launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery as astronauts boarded amid signs that strong crosswinds were receding.
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Discovery sped away on a mission to rewire the International Space Station in the first nighttime launching in more than four years.
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Countdown clocks at the  Kennedy Space Center began ticking on Monday toward a Thursday  launch of space shuttle Discovery on a high-stakes mission to  rewire the International Space Station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Lights flickered off and cameras went dark Thursday as NASA powered down a large section of the international space station to allow two spacewalking astronauts to start rewiring the orbiting outpost.  U.S.
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Despite threatening weather, NASA has decided to go for a second attempt to launch the shuttle Discovery tonight.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered into space tonight.  Liftoff came right on schedule at 8:47 p.m.
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Discovery lifted off at 8:47 p.m. EST Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida in the first night launch of a space shuttle in four years.  The launch was delayed from Thursday by bad weather.
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Hoping for good weather  and better luck, NASA started fueling the space shuttle  Atlantis on Saturday for a last-ditch attempt to launch a  mission to resume construction of the International Space  Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The space shuttle Discovery soared into space on Saturday on a column of fire that briefly dispelled the darkness over the Kennedy Space Center in NASA's first night launch since the Columbia disaster.
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The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday. The night shuttle launch was the first in four years.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  Flashes of flame from space shuttle Discovery lit up the darkened sky Saturday as the spacecraft blazed off the launch pad for the first nighttime liftoff in four years.
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Space shuttle Discovery lit up the sky over Daytona Beach, Florida, this weekend in NASA's first night launch since 2002.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Technicians began filling shuttle Discovery's fuel tank for a launch attempt at 11:38 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, officials said.