High winds delay Orbital space cargo launch again

The launch of an Orbital ATK Inc. spacecraft laden with supplies for the International Space Station was scrapped for a third straight day due to strong winds.

The next opportunity for launch will be Saturday at 5:10 p.m. (2210 GMT), the USA space agency NASA said, after Friday's attempt was scrapped. The Orbital ATK launch live stream coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. EST with the 30-minute launch window beginning at 5:33 p.m. EST.

It's another no-go for the first space station supply run in months from the U.S.

Also aboard the newest Cygnus capsule: clothes, toiletries, spacewalking gear, air-supply tanks and science experiments.

While the US efforts to resupply the station have seen a series of setbacks since their last successful launch, which was conducted by SpaceX back in April, Russian and Japanese efforts have managed to supply the difference.

For the second time, bad weather has forced NASA to delay the eagerly-anticipated launch of an Atlas V rocket and unmanned Cygnus spacecraft.

The ULA program manager said the launch will be attempted two more times before Sunday, but if the weather remains an obstacle it will be rescheduled for a later date. Sunday's weather is slightly better, but still only a 40 percent chance of acceptable conditions. This view shows the Cygnus, named the SS Deke Slayton II, and twin payload enclosure fairings inside the Kennedy Space Center clean room. Atlas V rocket stands adjacent to new commercial crew access tower for astronaut launching on Boeing Starliner space taxi starting in 2017. Christmas presents also are on board. NASA normally likes to have a six-month stash of food aboard the space station, but it's down a couple months because of the three failed flights.

High wind is once again keeping space station supplies stuck on Earth. SpaceX, meanwhile, aims to restart station deliveries in January with its Falcon rockets.