A SpaceX capsule carrying more than 5,000 pounds of cargo aborted its attempt to dock at the International Space Station early Wednesday because of an “easily correctable” GPS error, officials said. Hawthorne-based SpaceX scuttled its planned launch Saturday because of a potential issue with the Falcon 9 rocket meant to propel the Dragon capsule into space. That sent it on a path around the space station and set it up to make another attempt in 24 hours, Navias said. The abort was the result of an error detected in Dragon’s GPS, which tells the spacecraft’s computers where it is in relation to the space station, Navias said. Navias said that neither the space station’s crew station nor the Dragon’s cargo were in any danger.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 22, 2017 17:21 UTC