NASA Delays Launch of Space Shuttle

Strong crosswinds at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida forced NASA to scrub the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on a repair and supply mission to the International Space Station. The high winds could have imperiled an emergency landing if the shuttle had been required to return to Earth after liftoff. The U.S. space agency began a 24-hour turnaround for the launch but with thunderstorms in the forecast for today, mission managers will make a final decision before dawn on whether to begin reloading the shuttle with 500,000 gallons of rocket fuel.