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General News 6/28/2015 at 12:45 PM EDT

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Breaks Up After Launch With Space Station Cargo

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploded and broke up on Sunday just minutes after its launch with a robotic Dragon cargo capsule headed for the International Space Station. It was the third failure of a space station resupply mission in eight months. The Falcon took off right on time after a seemingly flawless countdown, rising into the sunny skies over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florda at 10:21 a.m. ET. But a little more than two minutes after liftoff, video showed the Falcon disintegrating in a blast.The mission's primary objective was to deliver the Dragon to the space station with more than two and a half tons of supplies, equipment and experiments -- ranging from a new docking adapter for accommodating future U.S.-built spaceships to a virtual-reality headset for the station's crew.

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