WASHINGTON: An Orbital Science unmanned rocket exploded Tuesday six seconds after launch on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, NASA said.
This October 25, 2014 NASA image shows the Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, at sunset on launch Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia -© NASA/AFP/File photo
“We have lost the Orb-3 vehicle,” said the commentator on NASA television, after the liftoff at Wallops Island, Virginia.
“At this point it appears that the damage is limited to the facility,” the NASA commentator said. -AFP