SpaceX rocket explodes minutes after launch

Posted on 29 Jun 2015 by Michael Cruickshank

The latest launch of SpaceX’s Falcoln 9 has ended in failure with the rocket exploding just minutes into its launch.

Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the rocket reached a height of 44.9km 139 seconds into its flight, before suffering a catastrophic failure. Debris from the failed Falcon 9 rocket falls back to Earth. Image courtesy of NASA Kennedy Space Center. The problem itself originated in the craft’s upper stage, when gasses…

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