Historical clue formulations

• Cuts short — 2025-12-26
• Ends, as a mission — 2021-08-08
• Scrubs — 2019-07-14
• Cancels, as a mission — 2013-09-15
• Cancels — 2013-01-06
• Scrubs — 2008-04-13
• Cancels — 2006-12-24
• Pulls the plug on — 2004-07-24
• Calls it quits early — 2003-06-12
• Cancels, as a moonshot — 2000-11-15
• Stops in midcount — 2000-09-02
• Calls off — 2000-07-30
• Calls off, as a mission — 1999-08-16
• Cuts short, as a space flight — 1997-08-11
• Cape Canaveral cancellations — 1996-02-06
• Scrubs — 1995-10-13