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Added on the 29/06/2015 08:49:45 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
An unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded shortly after launch from Florida on Sunday, destroying supplies bound for the International Space Station.
A Falcon 9 rocket exploded during preparations for a routine test firing at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, two days before it was due to launch a satellite in orbit.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its cargo were destroyed in an explosion at Cape Canaveral on Thursday.
A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded just after launch on Wednesday in Japan's Wakayama. Tokyo-based startup Space One had been aiming to become the first Japanese private firm to successfully place a satellite into orbit. Its 18-meter (60-foot) solid-fuel Kairos rocket blasted off from the startup's own launch pad in Wakayama prefecture in western Japan, carrying a small government test satellite. But seconds after the launch, the rocket erupted into a ball of flame, with black smoke filling the launch pad area. Burning debris was seen falling onto the surrounding mountain slopes as sprinklers began spraying water. IMAGES
Boca Chica, Mar 3 (EFE).- A prototype of a SpaceX Starship rocket, which aims to put humans onto Mars, touched down successfully for the first time on Wednesday, but exploded shortly after landing. (Camera: HANDOUT)SHOT LIST: SPACEX STARSHIP ROCKET LAUNCHING AND LANDING IN BOCA CHICA, TEXAS, US.