The mission was delayed Monday due to a ground issue with ignition fluid, called triethylaluminum triethylboron or TEA-TEB, that sparks the oxidizer for the engines to ignite. Breaking space news ...

During the space agency's webcast, the host first mentioned the issue with the TEA-TEB igniter fluid about five minutes before the anticipated liftoff time. Mission operators were not able to ...

The engineers said they detected an issue with a substance called triethylaluminum triethylboron, or TEA-TEB, a highly combustible fluid that is used to ignite the Falcon 9 rocket’s engines at ...

SpaceX shared a tweet, citing the incident’s cause as an issue with the TEA-TEB ground system. TEA-TEB is a combination of triethylaluminum (TEA) and triethylborane (TEB) which act as the ...

NASA astronaut Raja Chari, who flew the Crew-3 mission in November 2021, said during the agency's broadcast the issue was narrowed down to oxidation of lines that carry TEA-TEB, or ...

I THINK THEY JUST HAD AN ISSUE WITH THEIR GROUND SYSTEMS SUPPLYING THIS TEA-TEB CHEMICAL, THE IGNITOR FLUID TO THE ROCKET. >> IT’S A DELICATE PROCESS WITH THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF ...

The reason for the Sunday scrub had to do with weird data readings associated with the flow of ignition fluid, namely triethylaluminum triethylboron (TEA-TEB), used to start the Falcon 9’s nine ...

"Teams were tracking a ground issue with TEA-TEB — that's the ignition fluid that actually sparks with the oxidizer and allows the engines to fire," NASA commentator Gary Jordan said during the ...

The engineers said they detected an issue with a substance called triethylaluminum triethylboron, or TEA-TEB, a highly combustible fluid that is used to ignite the Falcon 9 rocket’s engines at ...