Article WRVT Space station supplies may be stuck on Earth again thanks to bad weather

Space station supplies may be stuck on Earth again thanks to bad weather

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Associated Press in Cape Canaveral, Florida
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High wind threatens once again to delay launch of 7,400lbs of food, clothes and toiletries - as well as Christmas presents - to International Space Station

High wind has once again threatened to keep space station supplies stuck on Earth.

An unmanned rocket loaded with 7,400lbs of cargo for the International Space Station - the first US shipment in months - stood ready for a late Saturday afternoon liftoff. But forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at only 20%. Lousy weather already has resulted in a pair of back-to-back launch delays.

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