At 2:38 UTC Tuesday morning (local time) a Russian Proton-M heavy lift rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation/positioning satellites exploded shortly after lifting off from the pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome. The event was captured on a live Russian news feed, seen above. No word yet on whether there were any injuries or not according to NASASpaceflight.com, no … Continue reading "Russian Rocket Fails During Launch, Explodes After Liftoff"