SpaceX Loss Traced to First-Stage Overthrust
Credit: SPACEX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) remains in the game to develop a commercial route to the International Space Station after a third try to get its Falcon 1 rocket into orbit ended in failure. Excessive residual thrust in the Merlin 1C first-stage engine caused the loss of SpaceX’s...
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