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SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS DELAYED

Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale speaks as Deupty Orbiter Project Manager Wayne Hale and Weather Officer Lt. Col. Patrick Barrett (L to R) listen during a NASA briefing to discuss the problem with a fuel cell which delayed the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 6, 2006. Atlantis' mission STS-115, a construction mission to the International Space Station, is delayed until at least Friday while NASA diagnoses the problem. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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