SpaceX launches backup rocket after rocket fails

SpaceX technician suffered fractured skull and put in coma after being struck during rocket test, report says – Reuters

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX, speaks to the media at The Boeing Co. in El Segundo, Calif., on Monday, April 9, 2018. SpaceX said Monday that a technician who fell to his death during a March test of its Falcon 9 rocket was pronounced dead at a hospital. Musk said he didn’t know the exact cause of death. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX, speaks to the media at The Boeing Co. in El Segundo, Calif., on Monday, April 9, 2018. SpaceX said Monday that a technician who fell to his death during a March test of its Falcon 9 rocket was pronounced dead at a hospital. Musk said he didn’t know the exact cause of death. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX, speaks to the media at The Boeing Co. in El Segundo, Calif., on Monday, April 9, 2018. SpaceX said Monday that a technician who fell to his death during a March test of its Falcon 9 rocket was pronounced dead at a hospital. Musk said he didn’t know the exact cause of death. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Tesla Motors-built communications satellite from Florida to space failed shortly after being taken off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, forcing SpaceX to launch a backup rocket and try again later.

The mishap on Monday morning is the first major setback for SpaceX. The mission, known as CRS-8, was supposed to get the satellite into orbit. The company now has to conduct a review of the accident and figure out how to safely return satellite to Earth.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed the launch’s failure and said he thought the problems were related to a problem with the rocket’s guidance system. “I have every confidence that

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