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.
Since the Return to Flight timeframe, concerns regarding the state of the Composite Overwrapped Pressure…
Shuttle managers have opted against offloading the amount of helium stored in Atlantis’ Composite Overwrap…
PLD Space aimed to launch Spain’s first privately developed rocket into space, the Miura 1,…
Boeing, the prime contractor for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, is adding two…
The launch countdown for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Artemis I mission…
NASA tried again at a third attempt on April 14 to complete the Wet Dress…
Future vehicles are continuing to take shape in what appears to be a multi-flow of…
The arrival of the second Orion European Service Module (ESM) at the Kennedy Space Center…
At SpaceX Starbase, Booster 4 and Ship 20 continue processing operations for their test flight…
At ~5:02 pm CDT on August 27, 2019, SpaceX successfully launched its Starhopper test vehicle…
SpaceX launched its 18th mission of 2021 with the SiriusXM-8 (SXM-8) high-power broadcasting satellite. A…
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour began its second mission Friday with a crew of four astronauts…
With the completion of another single-engine RS-25 development test, Aerojet Rocketdyne is now refurbishing five…
Operations for the first major join of the main elements of the second Space Launch…
Starship SN6 has conducted a 150-meter hop test on Thursday, just a few weeks after…
One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Texas continues to evolve…
Boeing is getting ready to conduct the next phase of the Green Run test campaign…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted a static fire test ahead of the Crew Dragon…
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has made significant progress in recent months towards its first crewed…
