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Moldy Mouse Munch Postpones SpaceX CRS Launch: Wed Dec 5 @ 1816 UTC (1316 EST)

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 05 2018, @05:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the this-time-for-sure dept.

martyb writes:

Monday's SpaceX launch was a success with both the landing and with the booster recovery. Unfortunately, the second launch mentioned in that story had to be delayed:

Moldy Mouse Food Postpones SpaceX Launch:

SpaceX has postponed its cargo launch to the International Space Station until Wednesday after mold was found on food bars for a mouse experiment bound for the orbiting outpost, NASA said.

[...] Some 40 mice are part of the experiment aimed at studying the effects of microgravity in the immune system.

The launch will be the 16th for SpaceX, as part of an ongoing contract with NASA to send supplies to the astronauts living at the space station.

Some 5,600 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of food, experiments and other gear is packed onto the unmanned Dragon cargo ship, which will blast off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Launch is scheduled for 1 hour after this story goes live.

The launch will be live-streamed on YouTube starting approximately 15 minutes before launch time.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Sulla on Wednesday December 05 2018, @07:52PM (2 children)

    by Sulla (5173) on Wednesday December 05 2018, @07:52PM (#770249) Journal

    To my understanding this is not from the control room. Older videos shows a lot of the people from spacex gathered to watch the launch/landing that appear to be different than the control room. Visible in the FH launch.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday December 05 2018, @07:59PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday December 05 2018, @07:59PM (#770252) Journal

    On Monday's launch and other previous launches, you can hear the commentator(s) talking over what sounds like cafeteria noises. Maybe they just gather employees in the company lunchroom to watch the launch on a big screen while eating some food (increasing their serotonin levels). Then record their enthusiastic applause as background noise for the live stream.

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  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday December 05 2018, @09:15PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Wednesday December 05 2018, @09:15PM (#770281) Journal

    That's sort of what I gathered. And it was still good coverage - I liked it. Although I found the cheering pretty distracting it was still well worth watching and I'm glad SpaceX provided the coverage. It was also very interesting in a positive way that the commentators all (?) seemed to be actual line employees and not PR spokespeople - that was pleasantly different.

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