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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.
The team on the ground has confirmed there are no injuries, although because of “classified crypto equipment” onboard, it is in the process of securing the surrounding area, chatter on the livestream of the launch said.
Orbital called the enormous blast a “vehicle anomaly” on Twitter.
Read more and watch the video here: http://rt.com/usa/200283-nasa-antares-rocket-explodes/
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The Russians are giggling hard right now. This news is from the RT times - a russian based news outlet and you know it is not being carried by US news agencies. Looking forward to other Private Contractors to get some new delivery systems up and this one needs to just go away - Orbital has obviously been hacked big time. IMHO.
