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SpaceX ‘Couple Of Months’ Away From Returning To Flight

Pat Host

Monday, August 31st, 2015

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SpaceX ‘Couple Of Months’ Away From Returning To Flight

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches June 28, 2015, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: NASA.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is spending more time than it originally envisioned to return to flight, which company CEO Gwynne Shotwell said Monday is a “couple of months” away.Shotwell said SpaceX is taking the slow approach toward its first flight since its June 28 launch failure to thoroughly examine the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and its supply chain. Shotwell said by the time the company returns to flight, it will have been through a “pretty thorough, top down, single…

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