SpaceX's Messy Start to Year

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What’s behind the recent string of failures and delays at SpaceX?

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The latest launch date for a NASA mission to survey the sky and better understand the early evolution of the Universe comes Monday night .

The launch window for this SPHEREx mission opened on February 28 , but a series of problems with integrating the rocket and payloads have delayed the mission nearly two weeks .

SpaceX has also experienced recent and recurring problems with the Falcon 9 rocket's expendable upper stage.

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