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Kennedy Space Centre Explosion

posted by janrinok on Thursday September 01 2016, @01:55PM   Printer-friendly

isostatic writes:

The BBC are reporting an explosion at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where SpaceX company was readying a rocket for launch.

The cause of the blast is not clear and it is not known if anyone was hurt. Nasa said SpaceX was test-firing a rocket which was due to take a satellite into space this weekend.

Pictures from the scene show a huge plume of smoke rising above the Cape Canaveral complex.

The force of the blast shook buildings several miles away.

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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday September 01 2016, @02:25PM

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