Tag: Antares
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Station astronaut calls private spaceflight ‘next breakthrough’
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Space station astronaut Reid Wiseman, preparing to return to Earth this weekend after 165 days in orbit, said Monday commercial spaceflight represents the “next breakthrough” in aerospace technology, and that he hopes Virgin Galactic can ultimately turn that dream into reality despite the fatal…
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Initial damage assessment shows Antares pad intact
An aerial view of the Wallops Island launch facilities taken by the Wallops Incident Response Team on Wednesday. Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach Initial inspections of the Antares rocket’s launch pad in Virginia revealed the facility escaped major damage after sustaining nearly a direct hit from the booster as it fell to the ground in flames seconds…
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First stage propulsion system is early focus of Antares investigation
The Antares rocket’s AJ26 engines are seen during the booster’s rollout to the launch pad at Wallops Island, Va. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky The first sign of failure during Tuesday’s doomed launch of an Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket from Virginia came from the booster’s first stage about 15 seconds after liftoff, according to engineers studying…
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An eyewitness account: Wallops Island is burning
First, you see the rocket sputter, then pause suspended in mid-air and crash back to Earth in a blinding ball of flame. If you still have your wits, you brace for the blast wave. More than 300 tons of expensive, finely-tuned hardware was just destroyed in startling fashion. Seconds tick by like minutes. Some people…
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Orbital Sciences hopes to quickly find cause of rocket failure
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Orbital Sciences co-founder, chairman and CEO David Thompson. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A day after an explosion that destroyed an Orbital Sciences Antares rocket carrying a space station cargo ship, company officials said Wednesday they hope to zero in on the likely cause of the mishap within…
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Orbital Sciences rocket, station cargo ship, lost in spectacular launch mishap
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Updated after press briefing. Antares explodes moments after lifting off. Image: NASA TV An Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket making only its fifth flight exploded seconds after launch from the Virginia coast Tuesday, erupting in a spectacular fireball and destroying an uncrewed Cygnus cargo ship in…
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Reporters run for cover as Antares rocket explodes
An Antares rocket explodes at Wallops Island moments after launch sending reporters and photographers at the press site running for cover. The video was captured by Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark.
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Orbital’s Antares fails seconds after launch
Orbital’s Antares launch vehicle – tasked with lofting the CRS-3 Cygnus to the International Space Station (ISS) – dramatically failed after around ten seconds of flight, exploding and falling back on to the launch center. There is extensive damage to the Wallops facility, although it has been confirmed all personnel are accounted for, with no…
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Gallery: Antares rocket explodes
A sequence of images from the NASA TV broadcast of the ill-fated launch of the Antares rocket.
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Antares 130 debut with fourth Cygnus ready for second attempt
Orbital Sciences Corporation – with their new version of their Antares rocket – will make a second attempt to loft the fourth Cygnus mission to the International Space Station at 18:22 local time on Tuesday. Liftoff, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, was scrubbed for 24 hours due to a boat failing…