New information published by private spaceflight company, SpaceX, has revealed that its recent launch failure was likely caused by single faulty component.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle exploded on June 28 approximately 139 seconds into its flight. Debris from the failed Falcon 9 rocket falls back to Earth. Image courtesy of NASA Kennedy Space Center. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX originally tweeted that this explosion was caused by an upper stage “overpressure…
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