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SpaceX Launch Cut Off At Last Second

It is five o'clock on Saturday morning, and there's just what it was really heart-stopping moment for business start - a last-second launch abort.

But it's a SpaceX flight, which often has an automatic cut-outs. In the past, the company can do a little troubleshooting, computers and reset again. But not today, when the launch window was about one second.

SpaceX aims to make the Dragon cargo capsule orbit crosses paths with the International Space Station. The company also wants to be stingy on fuel, so there is some padding there is a problem during the rendezvous, and that the test maneuvers must be completed before NASA approves the dock.