Despite Bumps, Space Station Docking on Track [1]
Weather.com - 10/10/12
The main mission for the Falcon launch -- delivering half a ton of science and food supplies toward the space station -- is still on track with a docking of the cargo-laden Dragon capsule scheduled for Wednesday. (AP Photo)
WASHINGTON -- A private rocket successfully sent a capsule full of cargo zipping toward the International Space Station in a first of its kind delivery for NASA, but couldn't deliver on job No. 2: putting a commercial satellite into the correct orbit.
One of nine engines on SpaceX company's Falcon 9 rocket failed Sunday 79 seconds after launch because of a pressure loss. The engine didn't explode, but it did start a series of events that meant another company's private satellite is not in the place it is needed.
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