This is SpaceX's first launch from Florida since a rocket explosion last summer
The launch was called off with just 13 seconds left in the countdown
This is SpaceX's first launch from Florida since a rocket explosion September 1
SpaceX CRS-10 mission will deliver advanced space research to improve disease-fighting drugs
A similar unmanned rocket exploded last September in Florida
The Falcon rocket was to have launched a communications satellite for a Facebook-Eutelsat JV
The launch hinges on approval by the Federal Aviation Administration
Musk said investigators had figured out why a Falcon 9 rocket burst into flames on September 1
SpaceX's Falcon rocket and a satellite were destroyed in the September 1 explosion
SpaceX asked witnesses to share video, photos and audio of a launchpad blaze that destroyed a satellite-bearing rocket last week, a mystery that billionaire founder Elon Musk called the most "difficult and complex failure" in the company's 14 years.The ignition source for the fireball wasn't readily apparent and the spacecraft was idle at the time of the incident, Musk wrote in a tweet Friday. He also asked for any recordings of the event to be e-mailed to the Hawthorne, California-based rocket maker.The closely held company wants to quickly find the cause of the blast that engulfed its Falcon 9 rocket minutes before a scheduled pre-launch engine test on September 1. As is typical after a mishap, all rocket flights for Musk's Space Exploration Technologies have been grounded, halting operations just as the company was accelerating to its fastest-ever launch tempo to capitalise on a $10-billion backlog of scheduled missions."Turning out to be the most difficult and complex failure we ha
SpaceX and federal investigators are poring over a few milliseconds of data as they probe why a blaze destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket and satellite on a Florida launchpad two days before a scheduled flight.The space exploration company founded by billionaire Elon Musk said Friday that it's working to determine "causes and fixes" for the incident, which incinerated a satellite that Facebook planned to use to beam Internet access across a broad swath of Africa. Also unknown: the scale of damage to the SpaceX pad known as SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, from which it has lobbed missions into orbit.
Any sign of rocket malfunction could require changes throughout the Elon Musk's SpaceX fleet
SpaceX was preparing for the test firing of its unmanned Falcon rocket when the blast occurred
As part of its ongoing effort to re-use costly rocket parts instead of jettisoning them into the ocean
Its first users were expected to be the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft
Dragon capsule, carrying gear for 6 astronauts living at the research outpost, will blast off from Florida
The satellite must reach a geostationary orbit more than 38,000 kilometers above the Earth