A SpaceX rocket just exploded after liftoff

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded just two minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday, The Verge reports. No humans were onboard the rocket, which was set to deliver 4,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station.

Video of the @SpaceX CRS-7 explosion moments ago.A video posted by @airlineflyer on Jun 28, 2015 at 7:26am PDT

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.