The private spaceflight company tried to bring the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket down for a soft landing on an unmanned "drone ship" in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14, during the successful launch of its robotic Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station on a cargo mission for NASA. The bold maneuver nearly worked: The rocket stage managed to hit the ship but ended up toppling over on the deck and exploding.
Translate
torsdag 23 april 2015
Elon Musk Says Valve Glitch Caused SpaceX Rocket Landing Crash.
SpaceX's daring reusable-rocket test last week came up just short because of an issue with a "throttle valve," company founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
The private spaceflight company tried to bring the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket down for a soft landing on an unmanned "drone ship" in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14, during the successful launch of its robotic Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station on a cargo mission for NASA. The bold maneuver nearly worked: The rocket stage managed to hit the ship but ended up toppling over on the deck and exploding.
The private spaceflight company tried to bring the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket down for a soft landing on an unmanned "drone ship" in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14, during the successful launch of its robotic Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station on a cargo mission for NASA. The bold maneuver nearly worked: The rocket stage managed to hit the ship but ended up toppling over on the deck and exploding.
Prenumerera på:
Kommentarer till inlägget (Atom)
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar