NASA ROCKET LAUNCH TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION DELAYED BY STRAY PLANE

A NASA rocket launch was delayed on Saturday morning thanks to an unexpected visitor: a stray plane.

“We have confirmed that the aircraft that aborted today's launch attempt was a small aircraft flying at about 500ft approximately 6 miles offshore,” according to the space agency’s Twitter account for the Orbital ATK.

In a later tweet, it was confirmed that the spacecraft remains “healthy” and is all set to launch. The Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft will now attempt to blast off on Sunday at 7:14 a.m. EST, according to a statement from NASA.

The rocket will be carrying a spacecraft with a large supply of items to the International Space Station (ISS), including “more than 7,000 pounds of food, clothing and experiments,” NASA says.

It’s expected to arrive on November 14, at the earliest. The supply run marks the second ISS mission for this type of spacecraft, The Washington Post reports. The first mission happened on October 17, 2016, after a failed attempt two years prior.

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