ISS-BOUND NASA ROCKET EXPLODES ON TAKEOFF IN VIRGINIA (PHOTOS, VIDEO) (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 18:44

An unmanned rocket exploded shortly after takeoff Tuesday evening on Virginia’s eastern shore. Orbital Sciences’ Antares rocket was carrying thousands of pounds of equipment to restock the International Space Station.

The launch was supposed to be the third of eight planned Orbital missions to ferry gear and food to astronauts aboard the ISS. The rocket had some 5,000 pounds of food, supplies and science experiments, which all were engulfed in a fireball just above NASA’s Wallop’s Island facility.

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