Science and Exploration

This Week at NASA: SpaceX Launch Failure and More

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
July 3, 2015
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This Week at NASA: SpaceX Launch Failure and More
This Week at NASA: SpaceX Launch Failure and More
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SpaceX, with Federal Aviation Administration oversight, is leading the investigation of what caused the June 28 mishap shortly after the company’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The flight was SpaceX’s seventh contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station. Although important supplies and cargo were lost aboard the Dragon, the station crew has sufficient supplies into the Fall. Also, Progress on crew access tower at Cape, New Horizons’ final flight path, Forever Remembered exhibit, Health and Safety Fair and NASA Week and the Essence Festival.

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