A launch that had been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon has been delayed after mold was found on some rodent food that was part of an experiment, NASA said. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Wednesday, Dec. 5, for the launch of the 16th SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The launch was moved to Wednesday after mold was found on food bars for a rodent investigation prior to handover to SpaceX, NASA officials said. The launch time for Wednesday is 1:16 p.m. The rodent experiment, Rodent Research-8, examines the physiology of aging and the effect of age on disease progression using groups of young and old mice flown in space and kept on Earth.Forty mice will be traveling to space as part of the experiment.

A launch that had been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon has been delayed after mold was found on some rodent food that was part of an experiment, NASA said.

NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Wednesday, Dec. 5, for the launch of the 16th SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.


The launch was moved to Wednesday after mold was found on food bars for a rodent investigation prior to handover to SpaceX, NASA officials said.

The launch time for Wednesday is 1:16 p.m.

The rodent experiment, Rodent Research-8, examines the physiology of aging and the effect of age on disease progression using groups of young and old mice flown in space and kept on Earth.

Forty mice will be traveling to space as part of the experiment.