TECHNOLOGY

SpaceX scrubbed a rocket launch this morning that would carry four private astronauts to space, part of a historic mission dubbed "Polaris Dawn," which would perform the world's first commercial spacewalk. 

"Teams are taking a closer look at a ground-side helium leak on the Quick Disconnect umbilical. Falcon and Dragon remain healthy and the crew continues to be ready for their multi-day mission to low-Earth orbit," SpaceX wrote on X late Monday night. 

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