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SpaceX aborts launch after ‘odd’ rocket engine behavior1 hour ago

Miami, Feb 19 : SpaceX aborted its planned Dragon cargo launch to the International Space Station just seconds before liftoff today due to a “slightly odd” technical issue with the Falcon 9 rocket engine. The delay was made “out of an abundance of caution,” a SpaceX spokesman said, and came a day after engineers discovered a small helium leak in the engine’s second stage.

SpaceX halts launch of rocket cargo from historic NASA pad

It’s the same pad where Americans flew to the moon almost a half-century ago, and where the shuttle program ended in 2011. Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket was prepared for launch to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center, on a renovated Space Shuttle launch pads The Falcon 9 rocket launch of the Dragon cargo ship was scheduled for 10:01 am from Cape Canaveral.

SpaceX successfully launches rocket, deploys ten satellites

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.com | SpaceX launches, lands rocket for first time since Sept blast

SpaceX blasted off its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, marking its first return to flight since a costly and complicated launchpad explosion in September. “Liftoff of the Falcon 9,” a SpaceX commentator said as the tall white rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 09:54 , carrying a payload of 10 satellites for Iridium, a mobile and data communications company.