Nasa SpaceX rocket explodes after launch

Nasa SpaceX rocket explodes after launch
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Nasa SpaceX rocket explodes after launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station broke apart less than three minutes after a 10:21 am on Sunday blastoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Miami: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station broke apart less than three minutes after a 10:21 am on Sunday blastoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. SpaceX confirmed the rocket's first stage experienced a problem as it climbed into clear skies, and engineers have begun analyzing data to pinpoint what went wrong.

"Falcon 9 experienced a problem shortly before first stage shutdown," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter. "Will provide more info as soon as we review the data."The failure was SpaceX's first by a Falcon 9 after 18 successful missions.

Lost were more than 4,300 pounds of food, supplies and spare parts bound for the ISS, and a docking adapter intended to be use by future commercial US crew vehicles in a few years. SpaceX's Falcon 9 is expected to launch some of those crew missions, and the rocket failure is sure to raise questions about NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which is led from Kennedy Space Center.

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