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The florida coast. its the third failure of a space station resupply mission in eight months. we are joined from the kennedy space center with the latest on this. tom? >> thomas good day to you. this investigation is really critical for spacex because, of course, it has already launched six successful cargo missions to the space station, 19 launches in total have gone off very well. but now this really catastrophic loss and a terribly expensive loss at that. but its the third time in eight month...

Mean yesterdays failure will go unexplained. abcs clayton sandell for us. >> and liftoff of the spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> reporter: for 139 seconds everything was fine. then, suddenly, the unmanned spacex rocket explodes in mid-air. more than 4,000 pounds of food, student experiments, and science cargo nasa calls critical to space station research splashing into the atlantic. the cause is under investigation. >> two, one, zero. >> reporter: spacex overall has a successful record, launching six ...

But the worst unexpected headline ebola. appearing for the first time on american shores. >> oh, everybody was scared riding on the plane, because if you got on that plane and somebody coughed, youre giving them the side eye, youre like, what, you got ebola? >> im a hypokond rack. >> best or worst reaction depending on how safe you felt? that nurse from maine who defied calls for her to be quarantined. >> people all of a sudden coming down with ebola were having amazing days, bowling and riding ...

Riding on a plane because if you got on the plane and somebody cough, you giving them the side eye. youre like, what? you got ebola? >> i am a hypochondriac, so i fear everything. ive been quarantined for six months now and the doctor still doesnt like the way i look. >> best or worst reaction, depending on how safe you felt? that nurse from maine, who defied calls for her to be quarantined. >> its crazy. like people who were all of a sudden coming down with ebola, they were having the most amaz...

School shootings, sex abuse scandals, massive mud slide. but the worst unexpected headline, ebola. appearing for the first time on american shores. >> oh, everybody was scared riding on a plane. if you got on a plane, you giving them the side eye. oh, you got ebola? >> im a hypochondriac. ive been caquarantined for six months and the doctor doesnt like the way i look. >> the nurse who defies to be quarantin quarantined. >> all the people coming down with ebola were having the most amazing days, ...

And supplies. also on board, science experiments from students at 18 schools across the nation. >> its a bummer for us just because well have to take a lot more time to fix everything. but no one got hurt, so thats great. >> reporter: the space station crew is well stocked, according to nasa. in fact, an unmanned russian ship arrived carrying nearly three tons of supplies. nasa pays billions of dollars for private companies like orbital sciences to make these supply trips. the virginia-based com...

That washes up on shore. >> something went wrong, and we will find out what that is. we will determine the root cause and come back and fly here again. >> reporter: nasa and orbital sciences say its too early to speculate. orbital sciences is a private company. its stock dropped more than 14% following the failed launch. josh haskell, abc news, new york. the ntsb issued a blistering report criticizing new yorks regional railway system for a series of accidents that caused six people to die. in...

That washes up on shore. >> something went wrong, and we will find out what that is. we will determine the root cause and come back and fly here again. >> reporter: nasa and orbital sciences say its too early to speculate. orbital sciences is a private company. its stock dropped more than 14% following the failed launch. josh haskell, abc news, new york. the ntsb issued a blistering report criticizing new yorks regional railway system for a series of accidents that caused six people to die. in...

Southeast asia. last month space x became the first private company to launch a satellite into geostationary orbit. thats 22,000 miles higher than going to the space station. and on wednesday, orbital sciences in virginia, plans to launch a cargo ship up to the space lab, their second cargo run. for more scheduled this year. and sierra nevada plans his its piloted test of the dream chaser spacecraft. intended to fly astronauts up to the pace station. boeing is trying to get into this. developing...

Weve got the crew member protected. >> bottom line, wolf, at least a couple of days before they make any decisions on a space walk. the one impact is going to be this orbital sciences cargo vehicle supposed to get off the ground on the 18th. nasa saying they are, quote, deferring the go/no go on launch until they get this problem figured out. they still can go on the 18th, but that could slide a few days. >> youll keep us up to speed. lets hope for the best for the astronauts and cosmonauts. joh...