Unmanned NASA-contracted rocket explodes; damage is 'significant'

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  1. truebluefan

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    An unmanned NASA-contracted rocket exploded early Tuesday evening along the eastern Virginia coast, causing a huge fireball but no apparent deaths.

    According to NASA, the Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft were set to launch at 6:22 p.m. ET from the Wallops Flight Facility along the Atlantic Ocean. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.

    "There was failure on launch," NASA spokesman Jay Bolden said. "There was no indicated loss of life."

    Bolden added, "There was significant property and vehicle damage. Mission control is trying to assess what went wrong."

    Mark Kelly: This is a 'risky business' Raw video of unmanned rocket explosion
    Video shows the rocket rising into the air for a few seconds before an explosion. It then plummets back to Earth, causing more flames as it hits the ground. NASA tweeted that the failure occurred six seconds after launch.

    Read more http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/28/us/nasa-rocket-explodes/
     
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    I saw on the news yesterday that they delayed this launch for a day because of some plane flying too close to the launch pad.

    So next day it explodes.
     
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    I am glad that people were not close enough to get killed.
     

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