SpaceX Falcon 9 Failure Investigation 'Most Difficult' Ever: Musk

By ken-kremer - September 11, 2016 02:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - More than a week after the catastrophic launch pad explosion that eviscerated a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a fueling test, the bold and burgeoning aerospace firm is still confounded by the "most difficult and complex failure" in its history, and is asking the public for help in nailing down the elusive cause - says SpaceX CEO and Founder Elon Musk in a new series of tweets, that also seeks the public's help in the complex investigation.
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OSIRIS-REx Blasts off on 7 Year Sampling Trek to Asteroid Bennu and Back

By ken-kremer - September 09, 2016 12:22 AM UTC | Planetary Science
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA's OSIRIS-REx hi tech robotic explorer blasted off this evening in spectacular fashion from the Florida Space Coast on a ground breaking 7 year sampling trek to Asteroid Bennu and back to gather grains of 4.5 billion year old alien sand that could potentially reveal significant answers to the origins of life on Earth.
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