Spacex said a september rocket explosion was the result of liquid oxygen cooling to a level that caused it to freeze and explode.
Liquid oxygen tank explosion.
The company said it is moving forward with plans for rocket.
1 oxygen tank causing it to lose oxygen rapidly.
Bill barker a wheeling construction worker witnessed the explosion from the gate about 200 yards away.
The service module bay no 4 cover was blown off.
All oxygen stores were lost within about 3 hours along with loss of water electrical power and use of the propulsion system.
Plant to the neighboring mobay chemical corp.
The strut was one of several.
The bomb was triggered on the evening of april 13 when ground controllers asked jack swigert to turn on the fans inside the service module s two liquid oxygen tanks as a way of stirring the.
Images of an oxygen cylinder that exploded along with a description of the factors that led to the incident.
Two individuals ages 42 and 60 found a liquid oxygen cylinder that had been removed from service and left at a scrap.
Liquid oxygen cylinder explosion organization s.
Challenger disaster explosion of the u s.
The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the no.
The spacex explosion on june 28th was caused by a failed strut in the rocket s upper stage liquid oxygen tank spacex chief executive officer elon musk said today.
Facility where its vapors apparently ignited a mobay spokesman said.