The FAA needs to sign off on SpaceX’s investigation before the Falcon 9 can fly again. The FAA needs to sign off on SpaceX’s investigation before the Falcon 9 can fly again. is a senior reporter ...
SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket hit a bit of a snag this week. Monday's anomaly was the fourth Falcon 9 upper-stage incident in the past 19 months. An upper stage sprang a leak of liquid oxygen ...
It was only about 10 days ago that the Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage failed in flight, preventing the rocket from delivering its 20 Starlink satellites into a proper orbit. Because they were released ...
It’s unclear yet how long SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket will remain grounded as engineers investigate a rare launch failure last week, but the next test flight of the company’s next-generation ...
The FAA has granted approval for SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to return to flight following a rare July 11 in-flight mishap. The grounding was due to a cracked sense line causing a liquid oxygen leak in ...
Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. On July 11, SpaceX encountered a critical failure problem on one of its Falcon 9 rockets. The problem resulted in a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD) ...
One Falcon 9 stands on the pad at Space Launch Complex 40 while another lifts off from nearly by Launch Complex 39A early July 27. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched a ...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 has a reputation for extraordinary reliability, which is why the July 11 failure garnered so much attention. The company seems to have realized it was under the microscope because ...