SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Exploded - Destroying Facebook’s Internet.org Satellite

A major explosion during a SpaceX pre-launch test Thursday seems to have destroyed Facebook's first-ever satellite.AMOS-6, a project of Facebook's Internet.org program, was built to deliver internet to the developing world. It was intended to ride a SpaceX Falcon 9 into orbit this Saturday, and would have been the first satellite the internet giant put in orbit. The rocket on the launchpad when an explosion rocked Cape Canaveral, Florida Thursday was a Falcon 9. The initial blast sounded like lightning, but was followed by the sounds of more explosions. SpaceX is one of two companies shipping supplies to the space station for NASA. It’s also working on a crew capsule to ferry station U.S. astronauts; that first flight was supposed to come as early as next year.