SpaceX rocket launch delayed by weather
SpaceX plans to try again Tuesday to launch another batch of supplies to the International Space Station.
Today's planned 4:33 p.m. launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule scrubbed with a few minutes left in the countdown when thunderstorms and lightning moved too close to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The weather outlook is slightly worse Tuesday, with a 50-50 chance of acceptable conditions at the planned liftoff time of 4:10 p.m.
The Dragon spacecraft is packed with more than 4,300 pounds of food, supplies and science experiments. Twenty mice and an Italian espresso machine are among the payloads.
The mission is SpaceX's sixth of 15 under a NASA resupply contract, and the 17th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket.
After liftoff, SpaceX will try to land the rocket's first stage on an unpiloted drone ship stationed down range in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the Hawthorne, California, company's efforts to develop reusable rockets.
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