Winds force second Atlas IIIA scrub; Shuttle launch slips a day

The inaugural launch of Lockheed Martin's new Russian-powered Atlas IIIA was scrubbed for the second day in a row yesterday, this time because of upper level winds over the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., launch site. The delay will push back one day the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on...

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