FAA confirms SpaceX Falcon 9 is grounded because of Crew-9 launch issue

FAA confirms SpaceX Falcon 9 is grounded because of Crew-9 launch issue

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it had grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pending an investigation into why the rocket’s second stage missed its deorbit landing target zone after this weekend’s Crew-9 launch from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX announced it was halting launches in a social media post late Saturday, but the FAA did not confirm whether…