ios - サーバーへの接続を確立できません

Question

api / api/placesを呼び出してサーバーhttp://sand.comへの接続を確立する必要があります。上記のURLとAuthorizationヘッダーにNSMutableURLRequestオブジェクトを使用しました。数回接続が確立されましたが、データを受信しませんでしたが、接続がまったく確立されておらず、代わりにdidReceiveAuthenticationChallengeが複数回呼び出されています。（Authorizationヘッダーの設定値はbase64形式のusername：passwordです）どこが間違っていますか？

NSString *urlString =
        [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://sand.com/api/places",hostURL];
NSMutableURLRequest *theRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL       URLWithString:urlString] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy timeoutInterval:300.0];
[theRequest setValue:@"Basic c3VyYWJoaV9taXNocmE6bWlzaHJhaml2ZQ==" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
[theRequest setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
NSURLconnections *nuc = [NSURLconnections new];
nuc.delegate = self;
[nuc connectToRequest:theRequest];

- (void)connectToRequest:(NSURLRequest*)theRequest
{
    urlConnection=[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self];
    if (urlConnection) 
    { 
      responseData=[NSMutableData data];
    }
}

- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveAuthenticationChallenge:   (NSURLAuthenticationChallenge *)challenge 
{
   if ([challenge previousFailureCount] == 0)
    {  
       NikeAppDelegate *appDelegate = [[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
    username = appDelegate.username; password = appDelegate.password;
       NSURLCredential *cred = [[NSURLCredential alloc]
                             initWithUser:username
                             password:password
                             persistence:NSURLCredentialPersistenceNone];
       [[challenge sender] useCredential:cred forAuthenticationChallenge:challenge]; 
    }
}