Atlas 5 rocket rolled back from pad

Marking only the sixth delay-and-rollback scenario in 28 flights from Cape Canaveral, the Atlas 5 rocket is returned to its assembly hangar ride out the impending passage of Tropical Storm Isaac.

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Photo credit: NASA-KSC/Ben Smegelsky

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