U.S. Mars launch slipped for weather; Russians back on schedule.

UPPER-LEVEL WINDS over Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., forced a one-day delay in launching NASA's Mars Global Surveyor yesterday, with a retry scheduled for noon EST today. A second window for the 435 million-mile trip to the Red Planet opens at 1:05 p.m. EST if the Delta II carrying the Mars...

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