Question

is this a run - on sentence? on october 28, 2014, a rocket bound for the international space station exploded, it was carrying five thousand pounds of supplies, including more than one thousand pounds of food for astronauts. yes no

Explanation:

A run - on sentence is two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction. The given sentence has multiple clauses ("On October 28, 2014, a rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded", "it was carrying five thousand pounds of supplies, including more than one thousand pounds of food for astronauts") joined without proper separation like a semicolon or a conjunction.

Answer:

Yes