Explosion that destroyed Falcon rocket, Facebook satellite possibly due to gas tank breach

Friday, September 23, 2016 - 19:21 in Astronomy & Space

Doug G. WareHAWTHORNE, Calif., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that exploded on the launch pad this month and destroyed a satellite may have resulted from a leak in its cryogenic helium system.

Read the whole article on UPI

More from UPI

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net