SpaceX rocket explodes shortly after lift off
A SpaceX rocket carrying supplies to the Inteational Space Station has exploded shortly after lift-off.
According to NASA, the craft exploded only a few minutes after taking off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, and debris could be seen falling into the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA commentator George Diller said ‘the vehicle has broken up’, but it is not clear how the disaster occurred.
It is the second failed attempt at docking with the ISS this year – after a Russian cargo ship span out of control in April.
And last October, another supply ship was destroyed shortly after taking off.
SpaceX have said that the initial stages of the lift off were successful – until the vehicle went supersonic.
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Mike Gallagher
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