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Added on the 29/06/2015 15:15:07 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
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.
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
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.