Photo: ReutersSan Francisco/ New York: Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. halted the launch of its second rocket in as many months on Saturday, about 10 seconds before its scheduled liftoff. “All systems go, except the movement trace of an upper stage engine steering hydraulic piston was slightly odd. The launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been rescheduled for Sunday at 9:38am, he said. Saturday’s launch would have been the company’s second since a fireball destroyed a different rocket and its payload on a Florida launch pad in September. SpaceX, which completed just eight missions in 2016, successfully returned to the skies last month with the delivery of 10 communications satellites into orbit.

Source: Mint February 18, 2017 16:53 UTC