NASA said SpaceX’s mission director at the Dragon control center in Hawthorne, California, reported the aborted rendezvous at 3:25am EST (08:25 GMT) when the spacecraft ran into trouble processing GPS navigation data.
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SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for day
22 February 2017
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SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship, loaded with nearly 5,500lb (2,500kg) of cargo and experiments, aborted an approach to the International Space Station on Wednesday after encountering a problem in its GPS navigation system, Spaceflight Now reported.
The solar-powered spacecraft was about 365 meters, from the space station when it automatically bailed out of the rendezvous. Another approach was set up for Thursday.
NASA said SpaceX’s mission director at the Dragon control center in Hawthorne, California, reported the aborted rendezvous at 3:25am EST (08:25 GMT) when the spacecraft ran into trouble processing GPS navigation data.
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NASA said SpaceX’s mission director at the Dragon control center in Hawthorne, California, reported the aborted rendezvous at 3:25am EST (08:25 GMT) when the spacecraft ran into trouble processing GPS navigation data.
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