NASA recommends not to approach the wreckage of the rocket Falcon 9 – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, June 29 – RIA Novosti. NASA recommends not to approach the wreckage of the Falcon 9 rocket, injured in the crash on Sunday from the Baikonur launch site at Cape Canaveral (Florida).

The rocket was launched at 17.21 MSK, in the third minute of flight, it shattered into pieces. NASA confirmed the crash, it is, according to preliminary data, was 2 minutes 19 seconds after launch. The rocket was to put into orbit a space truck with a load of Dragon to the ISS.

“If you find the wreckage SpaceX (Falcon 9 rocket – Ed.) In the area of ​​today’s crash, please do not approach them,” – said the agency in the microblog Twitter.

The report also listed a phone number where NASA requested to call in case of debris.

What is the Falcon 9

Falcon 9 (“Falcon 9″) – US disposable rocket family of Falcon, developed by a private company SpaceX. It is assumed that the missile can be used for the delivery of space, goods, and people. Under the contract with SpaceX NASA undertook until 2016 to carry out 12 launches to the ISS. In September 2014, along with the Boeing company has won a contract worth about 6.8 billion dollars for the implementation of manned missions to the ISS. Read more in Help RIA Novosti & gt; & gt;

The rocket Falcon 9 can also be used to launch into space of commercial manned spacecraft (PKA) Dragon and its cargo analogue designed to deliver cargo to the ISS. These ships also developed by SpaceX. Read more in Help RIA Novosti & gt; & gt;

What other emergency occurred with the spacecraft in the US

The collapse of the Falcon 9 was the third cosmic catastrophe in the United States in recent years. At the end of October 2014 at the start of exploded rocket Antares, a few days later during a test flight crashed ship suborbital SpaceShipTwo. Read more in Help RIA Novosti & gt; & gt;