Brad Kohlenberg, a business development engineer with Made In Space, displays one of the items that will be made by astronauts using a 3-D printer that will be transported to the International Space Station aboard the Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. NASA is sending a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in hopes that astronauts will be able to one day fix their spacecraft by cranking out spare parts on the spot. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Republished September 19, 2014 - 10:52 PM
Original Publication Date September 19, 2014 - 2:05 PM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Rainy weather has forced SpaceX to delay its latest supply run to the International Space Station.
The California company called off its early Saturday liftoff from Cape Canaveral, with a half-hour remaining in the countdown. Officials said they will try again Sunday to launch the unmanned Falcon rocket.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule holds more than 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms) of space station cargo for NASA, including a 3-D printer. NASA hopes astronauts will be able to one day fix their spacecraft by cranking out spare parts on the spot.
This will be the fifth station shipment by SpaceX.
It's been an exciting week for SpaceX. On Tuesday, the company won a huge contract to deliver U.S. astronauts to the space station.
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