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Added on the 29/06/2015 08:49:45 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its cargo were destroyed in an explosion at Cape Canaveral on Thursday.
An unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded shortly after launch from Florida on Sunday, destroying supplies bound for the International Space Station.
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
SpaceX conducts a test launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, likely a final test before sending astronauts to space. IMAGES
SpaceX is poised for the first test launch of its Falcon Heavy, which aims to become the world's most powerful rocket in operation, capable of ferrying people to the Moon or Mars some day. IMAGES
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