Launch Put Off 3rd Time
<i> Associated Press</i>
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
High wind forced NASA to call off Tuesday’s third attempt to launch a rocket with an X-ray telescope. Launch officials said they would try again this weekend. The $195-million X-ray Timing Explorer satellite will probe collapsed stars, possible black holes and other cosmic X-ray sources.
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