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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The four-person Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was supposed to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday morning (June 11). But that's no longer the plan. "Standing down from tomorrow's Falcon 9 launch of Ax-4 to the @Space_Station to allow additional time for SpaceX teams to repair the LOx leak identified during post static fire booster inspections. Once complete " and pending Range availability " we will share a new launch date," SpaceX announced via X on Tuesday evening (June 10).

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It looks like sloppy QA.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-11 09:37 PM | Reply

And delayed again.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-13 12:25 AM | Reply

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