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News Source: The New York Times
| 5 months ago
The failure occurred a little more than two minutes after launch, about the time of first stage separation, and the vehicle appeared to be oscillating before the signal was lost. “We are hearing from the launch control center that there has been an...
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News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| 5 months ago
For the third time in an as many tries, the most prominent privately-funded U.S. rocket suffered a launch failure, raising new questions not only about the fate of the project but what Pentagon brass and civilian government space officials will do if...
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News Source: Valleywag
| 5 months ago
Instead, the tech entrepreneur, now dabbling in aeronautics, tried and failed to launch a rocket into orbit for the third time on Saturday. The Falcon 1 owned by Musk's private space exploration company, SpaceX, left the ground and stayed off it for...
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News Source: Merced Sun-Star
| 5 months ago
SpaceX said Wednesday its two-stage Falcon 1 rocket separated as planned on its way to space, but residual thrust after engine cutoff caused the first stage to fall back and hit the second stage...Saturday's failed launch was the third miss for...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
SpaceX launch fails a third time A private rocket carrying three satellites, including a Nasa space sail, has failed to reach orbit. It is the third unsuccessful launch attempt for the Falcon 1 rocket, built by private space firm SpaceX. Two rocket...
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News Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 5 months ago
SpaceX engineers are investigating the cause of Saturday's failed flight of the Falcon 1, a low-cost, light-lift rocket developed by the Southern California-based company. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a news release that a problem occurred causing...
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News Source: Orlando Sentinel Online
| 5 months ago
Sentinel Staff Writer August 4, 2008 If rocket science were baseball, Elon Musk -- the upstart space entrepreneur who founded the company known as SpaceX -- would be heading to the dugout, having struck out Saturday with his third consecutive launch...
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News Source: Venture Beat
| 5 months ago
The news follows right behind the Hawthorne, Calif. company’s third attempted launch . The launch ended in failure last weekend, when the first-stage engine didn’t separate as required. The Falcon 1 (pictured left) carried three satellites —...