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US Agency Clears SpaceX to Launch Hera Asteroid Mission Despite Ongoing Mishap Probe
US Agency Clears SpaceX to Launch Hera Asteroid Mission Despite Ongoing Mishap Probe
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The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceX to launch its Hera Asteroid mission despite an ongoing probe into an incident during the Crew-9 mission liftoff.
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The FAA grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to investigate a mishap that occurred on September 28 when the second-stage booster rocket landed outside its designated zone on its return to Earth. The FAA gave no time line for when it is expected to authorize SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to return to regular operations. In August, the FAA briefly grounded SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 rocket after the first-stage rocket of the spacecraft failed to land upright on a drone ship at sea. Hera is a space mission of the European Space Agency whose objective is to probe the kinetic impact method to deflect a possible asteroid that may be heading toward Earth.
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US Agency Clears SpaceX to Launch Hera Asteroid Mission Despite Ongoing Mishap Probe
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared SpaceX to launch the EU Hera asteroid mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, despite an ongoing probe into a minor incident that occurred during the Crew-9 mission liftoff, an FAA spokesperson told Sputnik on Sunday.
The FAA grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to investigate a mishap that occurred on September 28 when the second-stage booster rocket landed outside its designated zone on its return to Earth.
"The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle is authorized to return to flight only for the planned Hera mission scheduled to launch on Oct. 7 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ... The FAA has determined that the absence of a second stage reentry for this mission adequately mitigates the primary risk to the public in the event of a reoccurrence of the mishap experienced with the Crew-9 mission," the FAA said.
The FAA gave no time line for when it is expected to authorize SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to return to regular operations.
In August, the FAA briefly grounded SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 rocket after the first-stage rocket of the spacecraft failed to land upright on a drone ship at sea.
Hera is a space mission of the European Space Agency whose objective is to probe the kinetic impact method to deflect a possible asteroid that may be heading toward Earth.
