SpaceX and NASA postponed the launch on Feb. 27 of the International Space Station’s (ISS) next crew because of a last-minute technical problem.
The rocket was supposed to lift off at 1:45 a.m. local time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, but the countdown was stopped by engineers overseeing the ground systems. An issue related to the TEA-TEB ignition fluid, which is used to set off the engines for the 230-foot-tall Falcon 9’s rocket at liftoff, was found to be the direct cause.
The launch team discovered a problem involving ground equipment used for loading the engine ignition fluid and couldn’t be sure there was a full load, NASA officials said. A SpaceX engineer compared that critical ignition system to spark plugs on a car, CBS News reported….