--- title: SpaceX Scrubs Mission SES-9 For Third Time in a Week description: The private space company is aiming for the first successful rocket landing on an ocean platform canonical: https://time.com/4240686/spacex-mission-ses-9-elon-musk/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T04:40:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:07:30.984Z article:section: Science og:title: SpaceX Scrubs Mission SES-9 for Third Time in a Week og:description: It is aiming for the first rocket landing on an ocean platform. og:url: https://time.com/4240686/spacex-mission-ses-9-elon-musk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7b627078c1a8972/69887f848e06015b64464d1d/24589505473_74c0268b7e_o.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 24589505473_74c0268b7e_o og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: SpaceX Scrubs Mission SES-9 for Third Time in a Week twitter:description: It is aiming for the first rocket landing on an ocean platform. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7b627078c1a8972/69887f848e06015b64464d1d/24589505473_74c0268b7e_o.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # SpaceX Scrubs Mission SES-9 for Third Time in a Week > Sponsored content. 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