CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—The planned launch of a robotic moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was called off less than two hours before Wednesday’s liftoff time and postponed for at least a day, launch contractor SpaceX said on Tuesday night.
SpaceX, the private rocket and satellite company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, said on the social media platform X that the launch team was “standing down from tonight’s attempt” because of irregular methane temperatures before loading.
The precise function of the methane and its implications for the proper function of the Falcon 9 rocket were not immediately explained. The rocket’s Merlin engines run on kerosene and liquid oxygen....
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