SpaceX Rocket EXPLODES On Launchpad At Kennedy Space Center — Get The Scary Deets!
UPDATE 4:54 P.M. EST: NBC News revealed new close-up footage of the moment the rocket went up in flames, sharing a GIF of the striking explosion on Twitter:
Watch the SpaceX rocket explode on its launchpad in Cape Canaveral https://t.co/sRapruPY2R pic.twitter.com/rGNAjpWWKN
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 1, 2016
Click the link (above) to see the full video.
Thank goodness no one was hurt!
A SpaceX rocket exploded on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning!
The incident occurred at about 9 a.m. at Space Launch Complex 40 at the test site located in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 was preparing for its ninth launch to carry a Spacecom communications satellite into orbit over the equator — the launch, scheduled for Saturday, was under contract from NASA.
According to witnesses, the explosion "shook" the entire building, and everyone at the Kennedy Space Center is "terrified," with sources sharing on Twitter:
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