- 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)
- A failed rocket engine valve appears to be responsible for the unexpected abort of a private SpaceX rocket launch before dawn on Saturday, officials said. SpaceX was slated to blast off its unmanned Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket at 4:55 a.m. (msnbc.com)
- 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!)
- 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 first attempt to send a commercial supply ship to the International Space Station will need a do-over. (New York Daily News)
- Time: 4:55 a.m. today. Location: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Spacecraft: A Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon space capsule. Manufacturer: California-based SpaceX. (The Ledger)
- ON MAY 18th Facebooks share price failed to take off in the social networks mammoth initial public offering. A day later another high-tech firm, SpaceX, shared the same fate—this time literally. (Economist.com)
- 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)
- "Entering terminal count autosequence. 60 seconds to engine fire. #DragonLaunch," Tweeted Elon Musk as his space company was less than a minute away from it's historic flight. But the launch didn't happen. (Boston Globe)
- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (USA TODAY) — This is no routine supply run. (Delaware Wave)
Saturday, May 19, 2012
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