The engine of the Falcon 9 rocket exploded during testing

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Двигатель ракеты Falcon 9 взорвался во время испытанийThe next launch of Falcon 9 is scheduled for next week.

On Sunday, November 5, in American Texas on one of the objects of the company the company SpaceX Elon musk during the so-called “qualification test” of the Falcon 9 rocket explosion engine of the new generation of Merlin.

Now the company Elon musk is investigating the incident and trying to figure out what happened with her equipment.

According to the representative of SpaceX, blew the engine, which had never experienced the rocket.

In addition, the company has decided to suspend testing of engines of this type until, until you have established the cause of the explosion.

The publication also recalls that it is not the first time Falcon 9 explodes: this happened in 2015, in a few minutes after launch, and in 2016-m during landing due to disturbances in the supply system helium the upper stage of the rocket.

The next launch of Falcon 9 is scheduled for next week.

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