The incident involved the failure of the Falcon 9 booster rocket while landing on a droneship at sea.
The grounding of the rocket comes at an unfortunate time.
Its not yet clear how the Falcon 9 grounding will affect the launch of the mission.
The Falcon 9 rocket has launched more than 350 missions since its debut in 2010.Image: SpaceX
Although Falcon 9 is largely dependable, this is the second time it has been grounded this year.
Falcon 9s last malfunction took place in September 2016, when therocket exploded while still on the launch pad.
Its recent landing mishap ended a stellar streak of 267 successful touchdowns and booster recoveries.
A Falcon 9 booster went up in flames in an unusual landing mishap. Credit: SpaceX webcast
Perhaps SpaceX is pushing its Falcon 9 rocket a little too hard.
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