07 November 2016
Solid oxygen to blame for SpaceX explosion
... Musk, offered details as to why the company’s Falcon 9 rocket exploded during a static fire test on ... “toughest puzzle we’ve ever had to solve” Musk said that the explosion was caused by supercooled liquid oxygen becoming so cold that it turned into...
02 September 2016
Falcon 9 rocket and Amos-6 satellite explode during testing
... flight ended 10 days before the Challenger disaster in 1986, issued a statement in which he said that the Falcon 9 explosion "reminds us all that space flight is an inherently risky business. As we continue to push the frontiers of space, there...
