Actually, since they also said they'd test each strut going forward, I don't see why they didn't work with the supplier, find the QC failure, and fix their process, rather than have to certify a new ...

The failure of SpaceX’s June 28 launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, was likely caused by a strut breaking in the second stage’s liquid oxygen tank, company CEO Elon Musk said in a conference call ...

The unexpected breakdown of a tank strut apparently caused last month’s failure of a Falcon 9 rocket launch to the International Space Station, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reported Monday. Elon Musk in ...

On June 28, 2015, disaster hit an uncrewed SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket 2 minutes 20 seconds after launch. Video made it clear something went wrong in the second stage, and at a press conference on Monday, ...

PayPal founder Elon Musk A flawed steel strut holding a helium pressurization bottle likely gave way, dooming a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last month, company chief Elon Musk said. The June 28 accident ...

The June 28, 2015 loss of a SpaceX Falcon 9 and its Dragon supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was most likely due to the failure of a strut in the rocket's second stage liquid ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif., July 20 (UPI) --SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is blaming the company's last rocket failure on a faulty steel strut. The collapsing steel strut, which holds up a helium bottle inside the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — SpaceX believes a broken strut is the likely cause of last month's failed Falcon 9 launch, which destroyed more than 5,000 pounds of International Space Station cargo, Chief Executive ...

SpaceX won't launch again until at least September while the company fixes struts believed to have doomed a Falcon 9 rocket and more than 5,000 pounds of International Space Station cargo last month, ...

After weeks of investigating the June 28 Falcon 9 failure and scrutinizing data collected from over 3,000 telemetry channels, video channels, and debris analysis, SpaceX thinks it knows what caused ...