A spokesman from Blast Off! made this announcement on Twitter: "Sadly, due a licensing issue at Starworks can't open tomorrow so we have to cancel Blast Off!.
Azran Osman-Rani, the airline chief executive officer, said, 'We are pleased to usher in 2012 with our Blast Off 2012 promotion which offers low fare deals to selected AirAsia X destinations.
The nation's space shuttle program is being retired next year after three decades and more than 133 flights -- including the final voyage by Discovery, which is set to blast off in a few days.
BLAST OFF: The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft carrying a new crew to the international space station blasts off from the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome PICTURE: AP
Muslims in Malaysia held special prayers Friday for the successful mission of the country's first astronaut who will blast off for the International Space Station next week.