Ares 1-X Scrubbed for Today; Second Try Tomorrow
Bad weather and other glitches forced NASA to scrub the Ares 1-X launch today. It will try again tomorrow. The launch window is the same as today: 8:00 am to noon.
The other glitches were a recalcitrant instrument cover that the ground crew struggled to detach from a 5-hole probe atop the launch vehicle minutes before launch. Pulling and pulling on the tether attached to the cover finally dislodged it, but not before missing the targeted launch time. Weather cooperated briefly, but not a cargo ship that entered prohibited waters off the launch site. Though Eastern Test Range officials estimated it would take 90 minutes to clear the range, it actually took less than 10 minutes, but by then the weather violated the “triboelectrification rule” and deteriorated further.
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