SpaceX Dragon, Part 3

We got some sad news last week, as a Dragon spacecraft, operated by SpaceX Corporation, exploded during a routine launch. Dragon was laden with supplies and equipment for the International Space Station.

According to this report from USA Today, computers in contact with the launch vehicle, a Falcon 9 rocket, detected some sort of anomaly. The vehicle was ordered to self-destruct.

Obviously, this is a setback for SpaceX and NASA, who had planned for Dragon vehicles to begin carrying crew in the near future. Now begins the lengthy process of recovering debris and analyzing telemetry in order to discover the cause of the malfunction.