SpaceX called off its planned flight to the International Space Station early Tuesday because of rocket trouble.
The unmanned Falcon rocket was supposed to blast off before sunrise. But the countdown was halted with just over a minute remaining. The soonest SpaceX can try again is Friday morning.
The countdown has aborted for today's launch attempt of @SpaceX #ISScargo mission to @Space_Station.
— NASA (@NASA) January 6, 2015
Officials said the problem was with the motors needed for second-stage rocket thrust steering. If controllers had not aborted the launch, computers would have done so closer to flight time, NASA launch commentator George Diller said. Read more...
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