Rocket Carrying NASA Astronaut's Cremated Remains Blows Up After Launch [Updated]

The UP Aerospace rocket, which carried student projects and cremated remains, suffered an anomaly about three seconds after liftoff.

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宇宙に遺骨の灰を打ち上げたUP Aerospace Roketが、打ち上げた3秒後に爆発してしまいました。

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The rocket blew up with seconds of launch.

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A small suborbital rocket from Colorado-based company UP Aerospace failed shortly after its launch on Monday, exploding seconds after liftoff over the New Mexico desert. The rocket was carrying over a dozen student experiment payloads for NASA, as well as the cremated remains of a late NASA astronaut.

Update: May 3, 5:17 p.m. ET: In an emailed statement, Celestis announced that all 120 flight capsules included in this mission “are safely in the hands of launch personnel and will be returned to us awaiting our next flight as soon as UP and Spaceport America complete their investigation and any required fixes are implemented.” The company says that, while the rocket was destroyed, the Celestis payload “was unharmed and will be able to be relaunched.” Read more about this developing story here.