Winds force scrubbing of unmanned rocket launch

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ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) — A company contracted by NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station has scrubbed the launch of a test rocket from the East Coast.

High winds forced the cancellation of the launch of the unmanned Antares rocket planned for Saturday from Wallops Island on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to try again Sunday.

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