On Monday, NASA’s Independent Review Team (IRT) published the first public report on the SpaceX CRS-7 failure. The accident occurred on June 28th, 2015 when a Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage experienced an over-pressurization event during first stage ascent. The incident led to a launch vehicle failure approximately two minutes and nineteen seconds into flight. SpaceX blamed the accident on a manufacturing defect involving a steel strut. However, the IRT report blames a design error on SpaceX’s behalf.
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SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
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Starlink launch concludes record-breaking 2024
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SpaceX launched its third back-to-back Starlink mission in barely a fortnight Friday. Falcon 9 lifted…
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SpaceX launched their 21st contracted Cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station (ISS), marking…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on the Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 mission…
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Following its ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, the company’s CRS-20 Dragon…
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The latest spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS) has completed the huge milestone of…
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SpaceX is preparing to launch its eighteenth contracted Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the…
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SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft – on its CRS-17 resupply mission to the International Space Station –…
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SpaceX took a major step towards ending the United States’ human spaceflight gap Saturday, with…
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SpaceX launched its second mission in two months for Telesat Canada Sunday, with a Falcon…
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On September 29th, 2017, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled detailed plans of the Big Falcon…
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SpaceX kept up its impressive launch pace as the company reused its first Block 5…
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First Falcon 9 Block 5 booster readying for static fire at McGregor; paving way for rapid reuse
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SpaceX has launched with the debuting of an upgraded payload fairing for the Falcon 9…