Atlantis heads for repairs after storm
From Times Wire Reports
Space shuttle Atlantis was removed from its seaside launchpad at Cape Canaveral for repairs after a hailstorm battered its fuel tank last week, leaving it unfit to fly.
The shuttle had been scheduled to lift off March 15 for the first of five missions NASA plans to fly to the International Space Station this year.
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