1st Private Rocket Launch to Space Station Delayed

by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer

Date: 16 January 2012 Time: 01:51 PM ET

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SpaceX tweeted on Jan. 4, 2012: "First look: Dragon Spacecraft in final processing, getting ready to head to the ISS." CREDIT: SpaceX View full size image

The first test flight of a privately built robot space capsule to the International Space Station has been delayed to allow more time to prepare the vehicle, the spacecraft's builder announced today (Jan. 16).
The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by the California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), was scheduled to launch toward the space station on Feb. 7, but the company has decided to postpone the flight to accommodate more engineering tests.

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