Cape Canaveral, Florida (Tue, May 22) – SpaceX is set to go for their second
attempt within a week time on the wee hours of Tuesday at sending the first
private spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) after the initial
launch over the weekend was aborted just few moments before blast off.
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| Live Broadcast: SpaceX Falcon 9 ready for second launch attempt on Monday |
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket - carrying cargo capsule
dubbed as ‘Dragon’ filled with food, supplies and science experiments - is
scheduled to liftoff at 3:44 a.m. Eastern Time from NASA's Kennedy Space
Center.
Earlier on Saturday (May 19); the countdown reached
all the way to practically zero and the engine ignition sequence started
Saturday, but there was an automatic shutdown by on-board computers which led
to abort the liftoff subsequently. (Read full report here)
In a statement on Monday SpaceX revealed that the
first attempt to launch Falcon 9 was aborted when a flight computer detected “high
pressure in the engine 5 combustion chamber.”
The statement pointed out that during thorough check
up of the engine, SpaceX engineers found a defective check valve on the Merlin
engine. The faulty valve was replaced on Saturday, and after careful analysis,
the vehicle had got clearance for launch."
The mission is designed to establish whether SpaceX
can deliver cargo to the ISS. The company is one of the few private companies getting
funds from NASA with the aim to deliver cargo into orbit.
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