For 148 seconds, it seemed that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was on its way to fulfilling its mission: to re-supply the worldwide Space Mission with food, water and other necessities that would only last them till October of this year.
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This June 28, 2015 sequence of images from NASA TV shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the unmanned Dragon cargo capsule on board exploding shortly after launching from Cape Canaveral. A Japanese HTV-5 will supply essentials in August, before SpaceX makes its next launch attempt in September. “These critical pieces of evidence are important in the investigation process and should be reported immediately to SpaceX or the US Coast Guard”.
Microsoft’s Hololens, expected to launch to consumers next year, would have been a genuine benefit for NASA to have in space, the company said. And how long will it be before America can once again safely launch astronauts into space? The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch failure marks three cargo failures from three different launch providers in the past few months. SpaceX officials said Sunday preliminary analysis suggests the rocket experienced an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank.
Diller said the last readings from the vehicle were received two minutes and 19 seconds after launch.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigators were already working at the site of the ill-fated launch.
Michael Suffredini, manager of the ISS programme, called the incident a “big loss”, but added “we will pick ourselves up and get on to the next flight”. It was carrying 4,000 pounds of supplies and equipment for the worldwide Space Station.
SpaceX’s seventh Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-7) mission literally went up in flames 27 miles into the air, which could lead to a significant hitch in the company’s future work with NASA.
Representatives state that they aren’t entirely sure what caused the most recent SpaceX failure; however, the coming weeks and months will be filled with tests that will, hopefully, let us understand exactly what occurred.
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The loss of Dragon comes just two months after Russia’s Progress 59 failed on its cargo resupply mission to the worldwide Space Station.
