An unmanned SpaceX rocket carrying supplies and the first-of-its-kind docking port to the International Space Station broke apart Sunday shortly after liftoff.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), the American aerospace manufacturer and space transport service company lost a rocket and supply vehicle at about 10:27 a.m. ET Sunday morning.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a resupply capsule to the International Space Station launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base on Sunday, June 28 at 10:21 a.m. EDT.
The unmanned SpaceX CRS-7 resupply flight was loaded with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments for the astronauts during ISS Expeditions 44 and 45.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket just broke up during launch http://t.co/Wv2nMM1plZ pic.twitter.com/pTn4zxlYxW
— Popular Mechanics (@PopMech) June 28, 2015
What just happened to #SpaceX? pic.twitter.com/w2Husznb32
— Alastair Somerville (@Acuity_Design) June 28, 2015
Lift off of @SpaceX Falcon 9 #Dragon heading for @Space_Station pic.twitter.com/xNf7QPWssc
— ESA (@esa) June 28, 2015
And we have liftoff of @SpaceX #ISScargo resupply mission to the @Space_Station. Watch: http://t.co/KX5g7yYnYG pic.twitter.com/g94Yb7pYgt
— NASA (@NASA) June 28, 2015
Something went wrong with the launch. @SpaceX is evaluating the status of the mission. Live updates on NASA TV: http://t.co/KX5g7yYnYG
— NASA (@NASA) June 28, 2015
The range confirmed that the vehicle has broken up. @SpaceX is putting together their anomaly team. Live updates: http://t.co/KX5g7yYnYG
— NASA (@NASA) June 28, 2015