jun 28, 2015 - June 28, 2015 A Falcon 9 rocket explodes and disintegrates shortly after launch, due to, Musk later tweets, “an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank.” SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, Gwynne Shotwell, says future launches will be suspended, most likely "a number of months," while the company conducts an investigation with oversight from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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