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Weather Delays Shuttle's Return Until Tomorrow

Have one more shot today; supplies will last weekend

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(AP) – Stormy weather in Florida prevented space shuttle Atlantis and its crew from landing today, and the crew will try again tomorrow. The news isn't a huge surprise to the seven astronauts, who are wrapping up a successful mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The weather outlook has been grim for days. The crew has enough supplies through Monday.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone to the crew of space shuttle Atlantis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
President Barack Obama talks on the phone to the crew of space shuttle Atlantis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
In this photo provided by NASA, crew members for the STS-125 mission pose for a photo following a news conference on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis, May 20, 2009.
In this photo provided by NASA, crew members for the STS-125 mission pose for a photo following a news conference on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis, May 20, 2009.   (AP Photo/NASA)
In this image provided by NASA, space shuttle Atlantis is backdropped by the blackness of space and the thin line of Earth's atmosphere Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
In this image provided by NASA, space shuttle Atlantis is backdropped by the blackness of space and the thin line of Earth's atmosphere Wednesday, May 20, 2009.   (AP Photo/NASA)
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