The spectacular June 28 failure of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket apparently was triggered by a support strut inside the booster's second stage liquid oxygen tank that suddenly broke free, releasing a ...

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 ...

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 ...