Unmanned Antares rocket explodes after liftoff

Oct 29, 2014

Unmanned Antares rocket explodes after liftoff

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The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (Eduardo Encina, Baltimore Sun)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (Eduardo Encina, Baltimore Sun)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (Eduardo Encina, Baltimore Sun)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on launch Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in this photo taken October 26, 2014, provided by NASA. The unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, a NASA TV broadcast showed, but space agency officials said there were no injuries. (NASA)

: The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on launch Pad-0A at sunrise at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, in this file photo taken October 26, 2014. The unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, a NASA TV broadcast showed, but space agency officials said there were no injuries. (NASA)

: Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft are prepared for launch at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia in this NASA handout picture released October 27, 2014. Liftoff is scheduled for 18:45 EDT (22:45 UTC) on Monday. This will mark the fourth Cygnus mission to the International Space Station. (NASA)

: The Orb-3 mission’s payload fairing (the casing around the spacecraft) is installed on Orbital Sciences Corp.s Antares rocket on the evening of October 23, 2014, at the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, as seen in this handout photo from NASA. An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, but officials said no one was hurt. (NASA)

: Orbital Sciences Corp. completes a final cargo load of the Cygnus cargo spacecraft in preparation for launch to the International Space Station on October 23, 2014, at the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, as seen in this handout photo from NASA. An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, but officials said no one was hurt. (NASA)

: The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes after launch at Wallops Island, VA at 6:22 p.m. ET. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. (NASA-TV)

: The Orb-3 mission’s payload fairing (the casing around the spacecraft) is installed on Orbital Sciences Corp.s Antares rocket on the evening of October 23, 2014, at the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, as seen in this handout photo from NASA. An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, but officials said no one was hurt. (NASA)

: The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, arrives at launch Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility October 24, 2015 in Wallops Island, Virginia. The Antares will launch with the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts and crew provisions. The Orbital-3 mission is Orbital Sciences’ third contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)

: Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Programs Group at Orbital Sciences Corp., speaks at a news conference in this still image from NASA TV at Wallops Island, Virginia. An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. (Reuters photo/NASA TV)

: Rachel Kraft, NASA spokewoman, Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Programs Group at Orbital Sciences Corp., and Bill Wrobel, director of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, speak at a news conference in this still image from NASA TV at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. (Reuters photo/NASA TV)

: Mike Suffredini, NASA’s International Space Station Program Manager speaks at a news conference via video link, in this still image from NASA TV at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. It was the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. (Reuters photo/NASA TV)

: Bill Wrobel, director of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, speaks at a news conference in this still image from NASA TV at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. (Reuters photo/NASA TV)

: A look at the charred Antares rocket launch pad the day after the rocket exploded shortly after takeoff. Photo taken about 1.2 miles away from pad site in Assawoman, Va. (Eduardo A. Encina, Baltimore Sun)

: Baltimore native Ron Wolff stands in front of his restaurant, Wolff’s Sandwich Shoppe, in Atlantic, Va. The front window of Wolff’s store was blown out after the Antares rocket explosion on Tuesday at nearby Wallops Island, Va. Wolff’s store was about four miles away from the launch site. (Eduardo A. Encina, Baltimore Sun)

: Refuge closed sign: Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge was closed for most of the day on Wednesday as NASA and Orbital swept the area and shoreline for possible hazardous material following the Antares rocket explosion on Tuesday at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. No hazardous material was found and the refuge was reopened at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. (Eduardo A. Encina, Baltimore Sun)

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