NewsMay 20, 2012
Commercial rocket launch aborted in last half-second
Workers, bottom, check out the engines on the Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket Saturday on space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. An early morning launch was aborted with a half-second remaining before liftoff, when the onboard computers automatically shut everything down...
By MARCIA DUNN ~ The Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight.
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Workers, bottom, check out the engines on the Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket Saturday on space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. An early morning launch was aborted with a half-second remaining before liftoff, when the onboard computers automatically shut everything down. John Raoux Associated Press
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