Sunday, May 20, 2012

Spacex launch

  • May 19, 2012: This framegrab from NASA-TV shows the Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket being fueled on the launch pad at complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
  • (FOX News)
  • SpaceXs historic launch to the International Space Station was aborted in the pre-dawn hours at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday when computers detected a problem with one of the rockets nine engines and automatically shut down.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • This morning's scheduled launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was scrubbed with less than a second remaining on the countdown clock. In the pre-dawn darkness at Cape Canaveral in Florida, everything was looking good for a 4:55 a.m.
  • (Wired News)
  • The launch of an unmanned SpaceX rocket automatically shut down at the last second early Saturday morning, pushing back the first cargo run by a privately built spacecraft to the International Space Station to Tuesday at the earliest.
  • (PC Magazine)
  • When the countdown to its launch ended early Saturday morning, Dragon, the first private spacecraft to ever attempt docking with the international space station, did not take off.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • With NASAs help, SpaceX is trying to send the first commercial spaceship to the International Space Station. The launch was aborted Saturday morning, but there will be another opportunity on Tuesday.
  • (NPR News)
  • This is not a failure. We aborted with purpose. It would be a failure if we were to have lifted off with an engine trending in this direction.
  • (Central Florida News 13)
  • The first attempt to send a commercial supply ship to the International Space Station will need a do-over.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX expects to be ready to launch the first private spacecraft bound for the International Space Station early Tuesday, after its Falcon 9 rocket came within a split-second of blasting off Saturday morning.
  • (LoHud.com)

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