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art unmanned developed a problem with its engines shortly after "impeccable" off Cape Canaveral

operators SpaceX mission to the International Space Station scrambling to regain control of its unmanned spacecraft on Friday after it was a problem with its engines shortly after its launch from Cape Canaveral.

The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft operated by the private company Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk of SpaceX, has achieved low Earth orbit nine minutes after takeoff impeccable appearance of the launch platform at 10:10.

however, the company reported a problem with the propellers Dragon minutes of the second separation step, which could threaten their arrival at the ISS morning with supplies and science experiments for six astronauts aboard the space station.

"Initializing pod propulsion system problem dragon. Inhibition three of the four"

Musk, chief designer of the spacecraft, said on his Twitter.

The problem prevented the Dragon, who is in his third mission to resupply the ISS, to deploy its solar panels, as expected, even if there was no danger to anyone defect is apparent.

SpaceX, a startup based in California who has stolen a march on its rivals in the nascent private space industry with two successful flights on the ISS last year, issued a statement later saying that their engineers were making progress.

"A propeller pod works now, but both are favorites to advance to the next step, which is the deployment of solar panels," she said.

"We are working to implement the other two pods to plan the next series of burns to get to the station."

was too early to say whether dragon could reach the space station, scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning and spend a little more than three weeks that are related, before returning to Earth with scientific experiments and a wedge full of excess material at the end of the month.

failure would be a blow to the company that manages a small field, but targeted vying to assume the functions carried on the same after the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA ago two years.

launch on Friday, which lit up the sky the Space Coast of Florida, saw no problem with the drive or powered flight path nine minutes in low Earth orbit.
key scientific experience has frozen mouse embryonic stem cells, which will take place in living animals to test the effects of exposure to space and create knowledge for future flights long-distance human space.

SpaceX, which has a NASA contract worth $ 1.6 billion for 12 resupply missions to the space station, became the first commercial company to successfully launch a spaceship orbit and recover in December 2010.
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