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Mon 07 Jul 2009Thunderstorms stall shuttle launch
Thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space Center forced Nasa to postpone the launch of the space shuttle Endeavouruntil today on a mission to deliver a Japanese-built platform to the International Space Station.
"We had some colliding sea breezes," launch director Pete Nickolenko radioed to the Endeavour crew. "We're going to have to declare a scrub for today and try to bring the team back for another attempt tomorrow."
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