After an anomaly led to an engine RUD during its latest Falcon 9 launch, SpaceX has shared that it managed to successfully 'safe' the second stage. The Falcon 9 second stage's Merlin 1D engine experienced a RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly) or was destroyed in space after it failed to start a burn to raise the rocket's orbit. In a statement earlier today, SpaceX shared that a leak in the Falcon 9 second stage's liquid oxygen tank caused the accident and outlined that the second stage managed to "passivate" itself based on the parameters at the end of every mission. SpaceX […]
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