Musk’s Space-Taxi Vision Hits Snag as SpaceX Rocket Blows Up
Musk’s SpaceX Rocket Explodes Minutes After Liftoff
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Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s aim to transport astronauts aboard commercial spacecraft was set back Sunday when one of his unmanned cargo rockets exploded in a fireball minutes after launch.
The disintegration of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket -- the latest reminder that there’s no such thing as a routine voyage to space for man or machine -- was the third fiery demise of a vehicle ferrying supplies to the International Space Station since October. SpaceX and Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating what went wrong in the rocket’s final seconds.