Miami, June 29: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded yesterday, Sunday after a 3 min lift from Cape Canaveral, Florida and recorded as the first major disaster that is headed by Internet tycoon Elon Musk.
The first major disaster of rocket explode has been recorded for fast-charging company headed by Internet tycoon Elon Musk. Reports say that the SpaceX Falcon 9 has been launched at 10.21am (1421 GMT) yesterday, Sunday. No sooner, after three minutes of launch, the rocket has been exploded in the sky. The officials checked weather perfectly, and sky was clear, sunny. But the explosion happened due to certain unknown failures.
The gleaming white Falcon 9 rocket that is no more now is set to propel the Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station. If the launch was successful, it is said to be seventh for SpaceX till now after a delay from Glitch. There was smoke billowing outward after 2 minutes 19 seconds of launch into space. After the blast, there are some tiny bits of the rocket falling like confetti against a backdrop of blue sky.
Live TV show from SpaceX’s webcast and Nasa gave an outlook for the people about how the blast took place in the sky. An official from NASA said, “It was a blow to us. We lost a lot of research equipment on this flight. At this point it is not clear to the launch team exactly what happened”.
The explosion is unexpected and it is a blow to NASA as huge useful equipment has been lost. Few tiny particles have been shown dropping from the sky after the blast.