Unmanned Space Station Cargo Ship Explodes Shortly After Takeoff

Russia's space agency says an unmanned cargo ship, headed to the International Space Station, has burned up in the atmosphere directly after launching in Kazakhstan. Roscosmos says preliminary information shows the cargo ship's booster exploded Thursday 190 kilometers above the remote, unpopulated mountainous territory of Russia's. It said most fragments burned up in dense layers of the atmosphere. The Russian space agency says the ship was carrying two and a half tons of...

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