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How One Faulty Nitrogen-Purge Valve Forced SpaceX To Abort
wired.com 3 hours, 20 minutes agoSpaceX engineers were able to trace the high-pressure problem that caused Saturday's launch to be aborted to a valve that controls the flow of nitrogen used to purge the engine before ignition. Wired aerospace reporter Jason Paur explains exactly what went wrong.
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SpaceX Historic Launch Aborted During Final Countdown
buzzpatrol.com 17 hours, 59 minutes agoAs we previously reported , the first commercial space flight company to dock with the International Space Station , SpaceX , was supposed to have the historic launch of its Dragon ship on Saturday, May 19th at 1:55am Pacific Daylight Time. But during the final countdown before launch,the flight computer aborted the countdown and shut down the launch due to slightly high combustion chamber pressure in Dragon’s engine 5. Due to the small window of time to launch in order to successfully enter the right orbit


















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