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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SpaceX has realigned its next Falcon 9 v1.1 launch to NET (No Earlier Than) June…
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Since the Return to Flight timeframe, concerns regarding the state of the Composite Overwrapped Pressure…