It’s three-D(elayed) as printed rocket launch is postponed 2 more times

It’s T-minus undetermined for the world’s first 3D-printed rocket, whose operators postponed its launch after two aborted attempts Saturday.

The launch originally was scheduled for 4 p.m. at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — but the last-minute aborts led Relativity Space to push the launch back to a future date and time to be determined.

“The team went HARD today and we intend to do so during our next attempt. More to come on the new launch date and window soon,” the company announced on Twitter, in a thread that outlined the reasons for the aborts.

The first abort came after the rocket’s engines had already fired, NBC News reported.

The company blamed the problem on a “corner case in the stage separation automation.” A “corner case” in engineering is defined as a problem that occurs outside normal operating parameters.

The second abort came almost an hour later, with 45 seconds left. The company said it was an “automated abort” because the fuel pressure was 1 pound per square inch (PSI) too low.

A launch attempt on Wednesday was also aborted, due to an issue with the propellant temperature.

Other rockets have had 3D parts — but the Terran 1 booster is 85% 3D-printed.

Relativity, the California-based aerospace company behind the project, says that it would be an important milestone for the space tech industry.

The company claims 3D-printed rockets would make space travel, and other missions to the moon and Mars, much cheaper. Its hope is to have future rockets that are 95% 3D-printed and completely reusable.

Relativity Space, which was founded in 2015 and is based in Long Beach, Calif., says its 3D-printed rockets will offer a lowcost way of launching smaller commercial satellites.

The Terran 1 rocket is designed to truck up to 2,756 pounds into orbit.