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SpaceX Postpones CRS-3 Mission Until Friday

Pat Host

Monday, April 14th, 2014

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SpaceX Postpones CRS-3 Mission Until Friday

A Falcon 9 launch in January 2014. Photo: SpaceX.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) postponed Monday’s scheduled Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) mission until Friday at the earliest due to what NASA called a Falcon 9 first stage helium leak, company spokeswoman Hannah Post said Monday. The launch was scrubbed about an hour from Monday’s scheduled 4:58 p.m. EDT liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. SpaceX last November originally postponed a Falcon 9 launch for satellite manufacturer SES due to what company founder Elon Musk said on Twitter…

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