SpaceX scrubs first flight of Falcon 1 until 2006

SpaceX scrubbed the long-awaited first launch of its low-cost Falcon 1 rocket from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 19 because of a "structural issue" with the first stage fuel tank that must be repaired, the company said. "Consistent with our policy, we must be 100 percent green for...

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