{"id":15946,"date":"2015-11-05T20:24:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-quietly-posts-images-of-explosive-antares-failure\/"},"modified":"2015-11-05T20:24:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:24:51","slug":"nasa-quietly-posts-images-of-explosive-antares-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-quietly-posts-images-of-explosive-antares-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA quietly posts images of explosive Antares failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a week after publishing the results of an independent investigation into last year\u2019s Antares rocket failure, NASA has released dramatic new photos of the catastrophic crash just after liftoff from Wallops Island, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The space agency posted a handful of photos of the failure shortly after the ill-fated Oct. 28, 2014, Antares launch, but NASA uploaded 27 new images to its Flickr account this week, showing the 14-story rocket consumed in a fireball and plummeting back to the ground just northeast of the launch pad moments after its blastoff at dusk.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the photos were captured by remote cameras placed near the launch pad on Virginia\u2019s Eastern Shore.<\/p>\n<p>The failure began in one of the Antares rocket\u2019s two AJ26 engines, when a spinning rotor inside a liquid oxygen turbopump contacted another component inside the powerplant, triggering an explosion, according to engineers.<\/p>\n<p>NASA investigators traced the cause of the mishap to one of three sources: an engine workmanship fault in&nbsp;turbine housing bearing bore of the liquid oxygen turbopump, a design flaw in&nbsp;engine\u2019s hydraulic balance assembly and thrust bearings, or foreign object debris that was ingested into the engine.<\/p>\n<p>Orbital ATK, which owns the Antares rocket, concluded the most likely cause was a machining error in the turbine housing, one of NASA\u2019s three possible causes.<\/p>\n<p>Read our earlier story on the failure investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Download all of NASA\u2019s images of the October 2014 Antares launch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10404\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10404\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596190842_774f3688fb_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596190842_774f3688fb_k.jpg 620w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596190842_774f3688fb_k-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10405\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10405\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986973834_80e5299beb_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky \" width=\"621\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986973834_80e5299beb_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986973834_80e5299beb_z-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10406\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10406\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986994644_e8d10ecbfe_h.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986994644_e8d10ecbfe_h.jpg 620w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986994644_e8d10ecbfe_h-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10407\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10407\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583706036_6926459ba1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"622\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583706036_6926459ba1_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583706036_6926459ba1_z-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10408\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10408\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421783800_f4408000ca_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421783800_f4408000ca_k.jpg 620w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421783800_f4408000ca_k-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10409\" style=\"width: 623px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10409\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21988591503_0cf13a649d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"623\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21988591503_0cf13a649d_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21988591503_0cf13a649d_z-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10410\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10410\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596193332_241fc73b73_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596193332_241fc73b73_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596193332_241fc73b73_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10411\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10411\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583746946_c204e54c8c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583746946_c204e54c8c_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583746946_c204e54c8c_z-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10412\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10412\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421817000_e4a91e84f4_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421817000_e4a91e84f4_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421817000_e4a91e84f4_z-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10413\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10413\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22620945961_f2981aa732_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22620945961_f2981aa732_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22620945961_f2981aa732_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10414\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10414\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609764685_0579b4cdb1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609764685_0579b4cdb1_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609764685_0579b4cdb1_z-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10415\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10415\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596249552_b0b9c0270a_h.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596249552_b0b9c0270a_h.jpg 620w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596249552_b0b9c0270a_h-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10416\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10416\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596201032_1f65d8543b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596201032_1f65d8543b_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596201032_1f65d8543b_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10417\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10417\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609781825_8809f34c9d_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609781825_8809f34c9d_k.jpg 620w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609781825_8809f34c9d_k-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10418\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10418\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/15656286995_bd4a0376d9_z-4.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/15656286995_bd4a0376d9_z-4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/15656286995_bd4a0376d9_z-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10419\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10419\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583758656_a31e8a0f50_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583758656_a31e8a0f50_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22583758656_a31e8a0f50_z-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10430\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10430\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986959744_a1fbd71270_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986959744_a1fbd71270_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986959744_a1fbd71270_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10420\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10420\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986970864_b36fa4f272_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986970864_b36fa4f272_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986970864_b36fa4f272_z-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10421\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10421\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421858450_5c64421ce9_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421858450_5c64421ce9_k.jpg 620w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421858450_5c64421ce9_k-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10422\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10422\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/15657114172_7c384c576b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/15657114172_7c384c576b_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/15657114172_7c384c576b_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10423\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10423\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986997304_80a10c094a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986997304_80a10c094a_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986997304_80a10c094a_z-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21986997304_80a10c094a_z-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10424\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10424\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421789360_f561f79e20_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421789360_f561f79e20_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421789360_f561f79e20_z-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10425\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10425\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21987012084_cbbb70104e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21987012084_cbbb70104e_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21987012084_cbbb70104e_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10426\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10426\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596228072_6e4c8e1cfa_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596228072_6e4c8e1cfa_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22596228072_6e4c8e1cfa_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10427\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10427\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22620937581_b7f01b32c9_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22620937581_b7f01b32c9_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22620937581_b7f01b32c9_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10428\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10428\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421835200_0c60bce149_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421835200_0c60bce149_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22421835200_0c60bce149_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10429\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10429\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609791005_5df2ee0409_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky\" width=\"620\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609791005_5df2ee0409_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/22609791005_5df2ee0409_z-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a week after publishing the results of an independent investigation into last year\u2019s Antares rocket failure, NASA has released dramatic new photos of the catastrophic crash just after liftoff from Wallops Island, Virginia. The space agency posted a handful of photos of the failure shortly after the ill-fated Oct. 28, 2014, Antares launch, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3558,1871,1602,3900,2899,1699],"class_list":["post-15946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aj26","tag-antares","tag-iss-cargo","tag-orb-3","tag-orbital-atk","tag-wallops-island"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}