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An unmanned rocket meant to ferry supplies to the International Space Station exploded just after lifting off Tuesday.

NASA is partnering with private companies SpaceX and Boeing for manned flights to low-Earth orbit, a move that will end the agency’s expensive dependency on Russian launches to the International Space Station and free up resources for a potential manned Mars mission.

Seventeen-thousand miles might not sound particularly close at first listen, but when it comes to a gigantic rock the size of half a football field, it's a bit scarier.

The coolest thing we've ever found behind the house was a cigar box with our dad's stash in it, so this NASA find is pretty exciting.