SpaceX delays historic launch

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SpaceX delays historic launch
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SpaceX postponed the launch of its fifth resupply mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning due to a problem with the second stage of its Falcon 9 rocket. The next window for a launch is on Friday. The flight will mark the first time the commercial rocket company will try to bring a rocket back for a soft landing, an important step toward cheaper, quick-turnaround space flights. SpaceX will try to land the booster rocket on a drone platform in the Atlantic after it sends the Dragon capsule toward the space station with 5,200 pounds of cargo.

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Harold Maass, The Week US
Harold Maass, The Week US

Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.