SpaceX releases new details about recent rocket explosion
 

SpaceX releases new details about recent rocket explosion
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SpaceX engineers are making progress in the investigation of what the company's founder Elon Musk called "most difficult and complex failure" in the company's history.

Those investigating the Sept. 1 explosion of one of the company's Falcon 9 rockets have traced the accident to a "large breach in the cryogenic helium system" in the second stage of the rocket, according to an update posted by SpaceX Friday. However, the cause of the breach is **t yet k**wn.

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SpaceX also claims that the data review conducted through the course of the still ongoing investigation has shown that the explosion has ** connection to the issue that caused a**ther Falcon 9 explosion in 2015.* Read more...

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