SpaceX probe to ground rockets

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft breaks apart shortly after liftoff at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft breaks apart shortly after liftoff at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral.

Published Jun 29, 2015

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Cape Canaveral - SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said an investigation into Sunday's explosion shortly after launch of one of the company's Falcon 9 rockets will ground the rockets for several months but less than a year.

“I imagine a number of months or so,” Shotwell said at a news conference. “It's certainly not going to be a year.”

The rocket was on a mission to resupply the International Space Station.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Twitter a preliminary analysis indicated a problem with the rocket's upper-stage engine.

Reuters

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