Image published by SpaceX / NASA this Thursday, September 24, 2020, NASA SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts, from left, mission expert Shannon Waker, pilot Victor Glover, and crew dragon commander Michael Hopkins, all NASA astronauts, NASA astronauts, Gestures during a crew equipment interface test at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JXA) astronaut, Hth Thorney, California’s SpaceX headquarters, SpaceX’s second astronaut flight was shut down by the end of November 2020 because the Red Rogan had two rocket engines. Must change now. (Via SpaceX / NASA AP)
SpaceX’s second astronaut flight was shut down until mid-November as red Rogan leaked into small vent holes in two rocket engines that must now be replaced.
SpaceX and NASA officials announced the discovery of a potentially harmful contamination on Wednesday.
Filled holes GPS on Oct. The launch of the satellite was found after the launch. Two of the engines were contaminated with a bright red coating, which protects the engine parts during cleaning.
SpaceX later found the same problem with two of the nine booster engines on the rocket that would launch four astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX will be the second astronaut launch for NASA after a successful test flight earlier this year.
Due to engine trouble, SpaceX and NASA planned to bump the launch until November 14, two weeks later.
The company’s vice president, Hans Koenigsman, said new procedures are being implemented to prevent the problem.
“I think, the important part for us, is that we caught it before anything happened.” “It’s really important to us that we fix it … and make sure it never happens again.”
The filled vent holes, located in the engine gas generator, are one-sixteenth of an inch (1.6 millimeters).
On-board computers detected the problem and few. Interrupted the count of 2 in the final few seconds. Contaminated engines could have been badly damaged if fired, Koenigsman said.
The cleaning process is done by an outside company, which has not been identified. The problem seems to have arisen in the last few months, he noted, affecting the new booster, but often not the old ones already recycled.
The next launch of SpaceX from California, following the replacement of a faulty engine, is a satellite to monitor sea level change – on November 10.
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