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Unmanned NASA-contracted rocket explodes over
eastern Virginia
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An unmanned NASA-contracted rocket exploded in
midair early Tuesday evening, producing huge
flames and loud booms along the eastern Virginia
coast but no injuries or deaths. Orbital Sciences
Corp.'s Antares rocket had been set to launch at
622 p.m. from the Wallops Flight Facility along
the Atlantic Ocean, carrying roughly 5,000 pounds
of supplies and experiments to the International
Space Station. It exploded about six seconds
after launch. What was left of the spacecraft and
rocket plummeted back to Earth, causing even more
flames upon impact. The rocket and spacecraft --
which together cost more than 200 million, are
gone. And there's obvious damage beyond that,
including to the launchpad. Tonight's events
really show the difficulty that it takes for us
to do this task of delivering cargo to the space
station," said a NASA administrator.
Investigators will try to collect and examine any
debris that can be recovered, review data from
the spacecraft before its destruction and look at
videos around the launch time. Tuesday, by
contrast, seemed perfect. Just before liftoff,
NASA reported "100 favorable" weather and "no
technical concerns with the rocket or spacecraft
being worked."
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