SpaceX has temporarily halted the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket after NASA encountered a problem launching the Crew-9 mission. The launch took place on Saturday from the Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida, and sent NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov to the International Space Station aboard the Dragon spacecraft, he wrote. Space.com website.
The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage made a good landing shortly after liftoff, and the rocket's upper stage placed the spacecraft in the appropriate orbit; The capsule was scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday afternoon (September 29). But there was a problem with the upper stage, SpaceX announced early Sunday morning.
“After the successful launch of Crew-9, the Falcon 9 second stage landed in the ocean as planned, but an anomaly was encountered. As a result, the second stage arrived outside the target area. We will continue “Launching after we have a better understanding of the root cause.”
Following today's successful launch of Crew-9, Falcon 9's second stage jettisoned into the ocean as planned, but suffered an indefinite deorbital burnout. As a result, the second stage landed safely in the ocean, but outside the target area.
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— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2024
Another Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to launch a satellite from Vandenberg Space Research Base in California on Sunday, but that launch was postponed.
This was the third problem with the rocket's upper stage in three months. On July 11, liquid oxygen leaked during the launch of SpaceX's 20th Starlink Internet satellite. According to the company, this may have happened due to a crack in the pressure sensing line. Because of this, they were able to complete the mission more than two weeks later, on July 27.
On August 28, there was a problem with the landing, but three days later the Falcon 9 rocket went on a mission again. Currently, two American and Russian astronauts have been sent to the International Space Station, and in February 2025, Nick Hague and Alexander Gorbunov will return with the two astronauts who were stuck in space at the beginning of the summer due to the failure of the mission. Starliner.
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