NASA has destroyed an unmanned suborbital rocket shortly after a failed launch on Friday from an island off the Virginia coast.

There were no injuries or property damage. The agency has warned that the debris from the explosion could be hazardous. NASA believes most of the wreckage fell into the Atlantic Ocean off Wallops Island.

The rocket, made by Alliant Tech Systems of Salt Lake City, was carrying two experiments. The space agency says it is investigating why the rocket failed.