Astronauts plan to re-launch the Space X Falcon 9 rocket Friday in another attempt to complete the third of 12 trips that will bring more supplies to the International Space Station after crew members experienced adversity Monday when Helium was noticed coming from the rocket's first level prior to the rocket's scheduled 4:58 p.m. ascension into space The Register reported Monday.
Friday is in question however due to Mother Nature The Register reported.
"Today's launch has been scrubbed due to a Helium leak on Falcon 9's first stage. A fix will be implemented by the next launch opportunity on Friday April 18, though weather on that date isn't ideal,"
Crew members have found it very difficult to send the Falcon 9 rocket up into space as workers previously focused on cleansing the rocket of bacteria contamination discovered in the rocket's trunk, and examining one of the attached equipment called the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science for laser optics so astronauts could receive and communicate information from its control center through space Space Flight Now reported.
Space X is also fixing four high-definition earth viewing cameras attached to the main section of the station.
Six cargo pieces are also fastened, two of which to one of its compartments, which is something that has never been secured onto the rocket before Space Flight Now reported.
The mission is part of a $1.6 billion agreement involving 12 flights to put about 44,000 pounds of equipment on the station Space Flight Now reported.
NASA will also correspond with the International Space Station using an Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science also known as a OPALS via a connection out of Wrightwood, Calif that is expected to show and evaluate how it works by way of a tracker when the station hovers an antenna in Wrightwood at 100 second intervals.
