SpaceX ISS Launch Delayed Again

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket at Night (Courtesy of SpaceX)Elon Musk and his private space company SpaceX just can't catch a break. After a week-long delay of the scheduled launch of the Falcon rocket, carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft, a new date was set: May 7.

Now, SpaceX says that date is "unlikely," without specifying a new date for the launch.

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The reason for the delay is the same as the first time around. "SpaceX is continuing to work through the software assurance process with NASA," spokeswoman Kirstin Grantham said in a statement.

May 10 is a possible new date for the launch but the company cannot commit to it, either. "We will issue a statement as soon as a new launch target is set," she said.

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If the mission goes as planned, SpaceX will be the first private company to send a spacecraft to the ISS on a cargo mission. The Dragon spacecraft is designed to carry humans, too -- a manned mission to the ISS is the next step SpaceX plans to take following a successful cargo mission.

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This story originally published on Mashable here.

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