Copyrighted Image? DMCA | SpaceX called off its early morning rocket launch to the International Space Station, citing a last minute malfunction. NASA said the SpaceX team had detected an "actuator drift," causing the launch to be scrubbed. The next possible launch time is Friday at 2:09 a.m. Pacific time. Besides delivering 5,000 pounds of food, equipment and experiments to the space station, SpaceX engineers are planning to attempt what has never been done. Instead of letting the rocket's towering first stage disintegrate upon reentry to the atmosphere, they plan to land it on a barge floating in the ocean. |