Shuttle launch date may slip again

A scheduled June 8 launch of space shuttle Atlantis on a mission to the International Space Station appears increasingly fragile as the vehicle's rollout to Launch Complex 39A has slipped a week to about May 12. NASA and United Space Alliance managers had hoped that an Atlantis main engine changeout...

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