A SpaceX rocket carrying a resupply spacecraft bound for the International Space Station exploded less than two minutes after launch earlier today.

The spacecraft was unmanned and no one was injured in the accident.

SpaceX, which has already flown six official resupply missions for NASA, is slated to begin carrying astronauts to the space station in 2017.

“We are disappointed in the loss of the latest SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement Sunday. “However, the astronauts are safe aboard the station and have sufficient supplies for the next several months. We will work closely with SpaceX to understand what happened, fix the problem and return to flight.”

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