SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded again after the vehicle’s second stage did not come down in the expected area of the ocean, following an otherwise successful mission that delivered a Dragon capsule and its crew to orbit. “We will resume launching once we better understand root cause,” the company said in a statement posted […]
After delivering astronauts to ISS, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after 3rd anomaly in 3 months
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded again after the vehicle’s second stage did not come down in the expected area of the ocean, following an otherwise successful mission that delivered a Dragon capsule and its crew to orbit. “We will resume launching once we better understand root cause,” the company said in a statement posted […]
SpaceX cleared to resume Falcon 9 launches while FAA investigation remains open
Regulators have given SpaceX the all-clear to return to launch with the Falcon 9 rocket two weeks after the vehicle experienced an anomaly on orbit. It’s a quick turnaround for the space company, which had to conduct an investigation overseen by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, identify the probable cause of the anomaly, and the […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 suffers rare failure on orbit during Starlink deployment
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is the most reliable launch vehicle in history, but even the greats have an occasional miss. That’s what happened on Thursday evening, when the rocket’s second stage suffered a catastrophic error on orbit during a routine launch of a batch of Starlink internet satellites. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk later said on […]