Possible rocket engine problem triggered SpaceX launch abort  Space.com:  SpaceX was slated to blast off its unmanned Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Just after igniting its main engines, the computer onboard the booster initiated an automatic abort due to a high pressure reading in one of the rocket’s nine main engines. Dragon was due to fly to the International Space Station to become the first non-governmental vehicle to berth there.  Photo: SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 rocket launching toward the International Space Station ignites its nine main engines shortly before aborting the launch. (NASA) View high resolution

Possible rocket engine problem triggered SpaceX launch abort 

Space.com: 

SpaceX was slated to blast off its unmanned Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Just after igniting its main engines, the computer onboard the booster initiated an automatic abort due to a high pressure reading in one of the rocket’s nine main engines. 
Dragon was due to fly to the International Space Station to become the first non-governmental vehicle to berth there. 

Photo: SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 rocket launching toward the International Space Station ignites its nine main engines shortly before aborting the launch. (NASA)

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    It was unfortunate that there was a launch abort, but rather that than the alternative. So far a new launch date has not...
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