SpaceX Investigating Falcon Upper Stage Burn Anomaly

Falcon 9 launch for Crew 9 mission lifts off

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft lifts off on NASA’s Crew-9 mission to the ISS on Sept. 28 from Space Launch Complex-40.

Credit: Ben Smegelsky/NASA
SpaceX says it is suspending Falcon rocket launches while investigating an anomaly that occurred during an upper-stage engine burn to dispose of the stage following launch of the Crew-9 mission Sept. 28. “Falcon 9’s second stage was disposed in the ocean as planned, but experienced an off-nominal...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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