One of the most storied launch pads in America's space exploration past is now managed by one of the few private transport operations leading the space industry into the future.
Private space transportation outfit Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or, SpaceX, canceled its planned cargo run to the International Space Station today with about an hour left until its scheduled 4:58 p.m. EDT lift-off, after a helium leak was discovered in the rocket.
Launches for two of the commercial transport outfits contracted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to send payloads in orbit or to the International Space Station have been rescheduled later this month -- after a problem with a radar tracking system held them up for about two weeks.
The Falcon 9 booster and Dragon cargo vessel are scheduled for a visually spectacular night liftoff, but, what makes the particular mission so special is that the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket has been outfitted with four landing legs.
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An announcement by SpaceX indicated a decision was made to conduct more rocket inspections "to ensure the highest possible level of mission assurance."
SpaceX has launched a more powerful and well equipped Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday so as to place a new Canadian satellite into space along with five other tinier payloads for research. It aims to carry more astronauts easily to the space station.
Elon Musk is attempting to bring the next big thing to transportation by releasing details of his proposed hyperloop, which could move passengers at record speeds between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Private space exploration company SpaceX has reached another milestone, this time sending its Grasshopper reusable rocket over 1,000 feet into the air and returning it safely to the ground.
