Shuttle Launch Delayed

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has delayed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis by 24 hours because of a lightning strike and other weather concerns, officials said Saturday.

NASA managers said they wanted more time to see whether there was any damage from the lightning, which struck a wire attached to a tower used to protect the shuttle from such strikes at the launch pad.

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Shuttle Launch Delayed

They also were worried about storms passing through the area before launch time today.

Shuttle weather officers had said earli...

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