SpaceX Rocket Explodes After Launching

Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX, reported on Twitter:

An unmanned cargo ship destined for the International Space Station blew up minutes after launching from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday morning, NASA said, raising questions about how the agency and its partners will continue keeping the station supplied.

The countdown had proceeded without a hitch or worries about weather, and the 208-foot-tall rocket lifted off at 10:21 a.m. Eastern time.

But 2 minutes, 19 seconds later, just as George Diller, the commentator during a NASA television broadcast said, “Data coming back shows vehicle on course, on track,” a cloud of white smoke emerged from the rocket’s midsection, and then a rain of pieces started falling toward the Atlantic Ocean more than 20 miles below.

“We appear have had a launch vehicle failure,” Mr. Diller said.

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