1.   The mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff.

2.   The mission was scrubbed and rescheduled for the next day, but I had an airline ticket out.

3.   But the team, led by Richard Noble, scrubbed the mission when problems were discovered with an engine of a medical emergency plane at the site.

4.   He has scrubbed missions that would send spacecraft to look at Pluto and Europa, a moon of Jupiter.

5.   The mission had been scrubbed the previous two days because of weather and equipment problems.

6.   U.N. officials said Annan will decide next week whether to scrub the mission entirely.