SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk has updated the status of the investigation into the failure of the Falcon 9 rocket during its ill-fated CRS-7 Dragon mission. The preliminary findings point to a support strut in the Second Stage LOX tank breaking, releasing a helium pressurization bottle (Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel) that began the series of events that resulted in the loss of the vehicle.
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Since the Return to Flight timeframe, concerns regarding the state of the Composite Overwrapped Pressure…
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Shuttle managers have opted against offloading the amount of helium stored in Atlantis’ Composite Overwrap…
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CommercialOther
Relativity Space makes significant progress on Terran R; flight hardware in production
Relativity Space has announced significant progress with its Terran R reusable launch vehicle. In a…
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CommercialSpaceX
Successful Static Fire Leads to Final Preparation Before Full Stack
by Aaron McCreaActivities at Starbase are on full throttle as Starship flight five pulls ever closer. Major…
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CommercialSpaceX
Falcon 9’s return to flight reminds spaceflight industry of past anomalies
by Aaron McCreaNearly every rocket that has flown has had an anomaly. With thousands of components that…
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ArtemisUncrewed
Initial Gateway elements beginning systems integration while NASA works on a launch date
by Philip SlossThe two elements that will make up the initial Gateway capability for NASA’s Artemis campaign…
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As Boeing nears completing final assembly of NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) core stage…
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PLD Space aimed to launch Spain’s first privately developed rocket into space, the Miura 1,…
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Artemis
Boeing expanding SLS Core Stage production to KSC to build Artemis inventory
by Philip SlossBoeing, the prime contractor for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, is adding two…
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The launch countdown for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Artemis I mission…
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ArtemisEuropean
NASA calls off modified Artemis 1 Wet Dress Rehearsal for hydrogen leak
by Philip SlossNASA tried again at a third attempt on April 14 to complete the Wet Dress…
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Future vehicles are continuing to take shape in what appears to be a multi-flow of…
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The arrival of the second Orion European Service Module (ESM) at the Kennedy Space Center…
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At SpaceX Starbase, Booster 4 and Ship 20 continue processing operations for their test flight…
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At ~5:02 pm CDT on August 27, 2019, SpaceX successfully launched its Starhopper test vehicle…
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SpaceX launched its 18th mission of 2021 with the SiriusXM-8 (SXM-8) high-power broadcasting satellite. Â A…
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CommercialEuropeanInternationalISSOtherSpaceX
Off the Earth, for the Earth; Endeavour lifts off with international crew for six month mission
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour began its second mission Friday with a crew of four astronauts…
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Artemis
Aerojet Rocketdyne refurbishing RS-25 engines for Artemis 1 launch and production restart testing
by Philip SlossWith the completion of another single-engine RS-25 development test, Aerojet Rocketdyne is now refurbishing five…
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ArtemisBoeing/Starliner
NASA, Boeing approaching first major join of second SLS Core Stage
by Philip SlossOperations for the first major join of the main elements of the second Space Launch…