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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Aborts Commercial Launch to Space Station, Set to Go on Tuesday 

Posted: 3:32 am, May 21, 2012 by Caroline Mittermair



The launch a new private supply ship for the International Space Station, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, was aborted when the flight computer detected slightly high pressure in the engine 5 combustion chamber… Now Set to Go on Tuesday!!!

According to Clara Moskowitz, SpaceX engineers have replaced a faulty engine valve on a private rocket carrying the first commercial space capsule bound for the International Space Station following the last-second abort during an attempted liftoff Saturday.

Nasa tweeted: “The SpaceX team is backing out of their countdown and safeing the rocket. According to the team, the chamber pressure on engine #5 was high.”

“We’re ready to support when SpaceX is ready to go,” says Alan Lindenmoyer, NASA’s manager of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Program.

“During rigorous borescope inspections of the engine, SpaceX engineers discovered a faulty check valve on the Merlin engine,” says the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. “We are now in the process of replacing the failed valve.”



As SpaceX CEO Elon Musk points out in a tweet, “Recalling rockets after launch is not an option” and posted image below at his twitter account.

SpaceX

SpaceX

The historic launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with its Dragon capsule filled with food, supplies and science experiments, was halted when a flight computer detected “high pressure in the engine 5 combustion chamber,” the company said in a statement.

“We have discovered the root cause and repairs are underway,” it said.

In December 2010, SpaceX made history by becoming the first private company to send a spacecraft into orbit and back.

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Contributing Editor, has been fascinated with the financial markets ever since she bought her first stock at 11 years old. She is a trader of stocks, options, currencies, and futures.