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NASA has announced that Shuttle Atlantis\u2019 launch has been postponed to at least Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Further tests are also required on Atlantis following yesterday\u2019s lightning strike \u2013 the largest strike ever to hit the launch pad \u2013 including checks on the Hydrogen Vent Arm, which engineers have noted as a \u201ccharred\u201d smell.\n<\/p>\n

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While the weather has continued to worsen the prospects of Atlantis having favourable conditions to launch, the storms that have been heading over the Cape over previous days also carried a lightning strike that hit the launch pad yesterday.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018We did have a lightning strike to the pad and we\u2019re carrying out all out tests and procedures, but right now we see no problems with the vehicle,\u2019 said Launch Director Mike Leinbach \u2013 and those tests are still to be completed.<\/p>\n

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Leinbach noted that the protection system at the pad protects the orbiter from damage, although a full suite of tests need to be carried out to confirm the orbiter and the pad infrastructure has not been affected.<\/p>\n

RSS rollback was scheduled for this evening, after fuel cell loading had been completed, but the structure will now remain in place for another 48 hours, in preparation for the next scheduled attempt on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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