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June 28, 2015

NASA's Bolden Comments On SpaceX/CRS-7 Loss

NASA Administrator Notes Other Resupply Efforts On Schedule

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the loss Sunday of the SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services 7 (CRS-7) mission. “We are disappointed in the loss of the latest SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. However, the astronauts are safe aboard the station and have sufficient supplies for the next several months. We will work closely with SpaceX to understand what happened, fix the problem and return to flight...

Catastrophic Vehicle Failure Comes Just As Confidence in System Soared

ANN REALTIME Update, 1152 ET, 06.28.15: Elon Musk has tweeted the following... "There was an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause... That's all we can say with confidence right now. Will have more to say following a thorough fault tree analysis." Original Story: Another day, another regrettable story... though, in this case, there has been no loss of life. ANN has confirmed that today's attempted launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle as part of the NASA CRS-7 ISS resupply program failed shortly before first stage separation at an altitude estimated at 45 km. The video shows no a