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Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket failure forces NASA to evaluate astronaut launch schedule for ISS

View looking down on a rocket with flames spewing out the bottom. blurry earth is in the background.

NASA is waiting to see if there will be "schedule impacts" for its next astronaut mission aboard SpaceX after a rocket failure last week, the agency said in a recent statement.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket had a rare anomaly during a Starlink satellite launch on Thursday (July 11). The second stage on the rocket failed to work as planned, stranding the broadband satellites in an unusual orbit. As SpaceX and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigate why this occurred, an International Space Station (ISS) mission is under scrutiny. 

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