A rocket launch scheduled for the NASA site on Virginias Eastern Shore has been postponed 10 times this month, hinting at the hazards and hardships involved in rocket science.

The latest delay was reported Friday, when the space agency said the launch of its Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket, which had been scheduled for Saturday, was again put off. NASA said it was because of expected cloud cover.

The rocket was to be sent up from the Wallops Flight Facility to support ionospheric research by creating luminescent chemical clouds in that level of the atmosphere that would be visible along much of the Eastern Seaboard.

But clouds and other impediments have deferred the launch over and over. On June 1, wind was the culprit; on June 2, clouds; and on June 3, it was boats in the impact area. And so it has gone.

A new date has not been set, NASA said.

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NASA delays Eastern Shore rocket launch for 10th time - Washington Post