Astronauts have sufficient supplies for next several months: NASA

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that astronauts have sufficient supplies for the next several months in wake of the explosion of an unmanned SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday morning.

"We are disappointed in the loss of the latest SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. However, the astronauts are safe aboard the station and have sufficient supplies for the next several months," Bolden said in a statement.

A Progress vehicle is ready to launch July 3, followed in August by a Japanese HTV flight. Orbital ATK, NASA's other commercial cargo partner, is moving ahead with plans for its next launch later this year.

The SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off right on time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:21 a.m. ET. But shortly afterwards, video showed the rocket exploded over Florida, destroying the supplies it was carrying to the International Space Station.

The last readings from the vehicle were received two minutes and 19 seconds after launch, NASA spokesman George Diller said.

"It is not clear what happened or at what point the vehicle failed. SpaceX is continuing to evaluate, "NASA said on its Twitter.

This is the second failed station shipment. In April, a Russian cargo ship spun out of control and came down. And last October, another company's supply ship was destroyed in a launch accident. Endite