A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, along with its $200 million Israeli telecommunications satellite payload, exploded Thursday during a static fire test at the company’s launch facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida ahead of a launch planned for Saturday. NASA and several witnesses of the blast have been posting images and videos of huge plumes of smoke billowing from the area. Several people have said that buildings shook miles away, and smoke from the explosions were visible on weather radars. I hope everyone is OK at #SpaceX. — Ian Dawson (@PointyEndUp) September 1, 2016 No injuries have been reported at this time. SpaceX ... (full story)