A NASA safety panel said on Thursday that Saturday's accident on a SpaceX a...
FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Arabsat 6A communications satellite aboard is prepared for launch later in the day at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel told reporters Elon Musk’s rocket company continues to investigate the cause of the ‘anomaly’ during a test of engines designed to propel the crew to safety at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The capsule, which conducted a six-day test flight to the International Space Station in March, was one of at least six models SpaceX has in production.
ASAP chair Patricia Sanders said SpaceX and NASA are in the early stages of the investigation, focusing on collecting data from the accident and determining how much it will impact the schedule for the human spaceflight mission.
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