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SpaceX Suggests Cryogenic Helium System Breach For Launch Pad Anomaly

Monday, September 26th, 2016

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is suggesting a large breach in the cryogenic helium system of the Falcon 9’s second stage liquid oxygen tank was the cause of its early September explosion during pre-flight testing.The company said Sept. 23 in a statement that through the fault tree and data review process SpaceX has exonerated any connection with the 2015 CRS-8 mishap. The majority of debris from the incident at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., has been recovered, photographed, labeled…

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