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Storm Threatens to Ruin 2nd Bid to Launch Shuttle

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<i> Associated Press</i>

Hurricane Opal threatens to ruin NASA’s second attempt to send space shuttle Columbia on a long science mission.

NASA’s forecasters expect only a 30% chance of favorable conditions for the 6:40 a.m. PDT Thursday launch because of rain and clouds from the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.

The second countdown began Monday.

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