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RE: STS-130

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The space shuttle Endeavour STS-130 has successfully launched from the Kennedy space centre.

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L minus 15 minutes

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L minus 30 minutes

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Weather at KSC is go for launch

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A British-born astronaut has been left grounded after a planned Nasa launch was delayed due to bad weather.
Dr Nicholas Patrick, originally from Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, was due to blast off from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 9.39am GMT on Sunday but low cloud resulted in the countdown being called off with just minutes to go.
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NASA has announced the launch of STS-130 has been scrubbed due to low cloud ceilings. The next launch attempt will no earlier than tomorrow 8 February at 10:14 CET.
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Launch rescheduled to 09:14 GMT, 8th February, 2010.

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Weather Scrubs Shuttle Launch

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Clouds force delay in space shuttle liftoff

Clouds prevented space shuttle Endeavour from blasting off Sunday on the last planned nighttime shuttle launch, delaying its trip with a final few building blocks for the International Space Station.
The band of low clouds started moving in from the north late Saturday. NASA counted down to the nine-minute mark, but the sky remained overcast, offering little hope of a lucky break.
NASA managers said they would try again, possibly as early as Monday.
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