SpaceX still determining cause of Falcon 9 engine failure
Falcon 9 and the Dragon cargo capsule lift off yesterday from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
(Credit: SpaceX )
SpaceX engineers are reviewing telemetry to figure out what caused a dramatic first stage engine failure Sunday night during launch of a commercially developed cargo ship on the company’s first operational flight to the International Space Station, officials said today.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s flight computer fired the remaining eight first-stage engines longer than planned to compensate for the failure of engine No. 1 and the Dragon cargo capsule was successfully boosted into the…
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