A privately operated cargo flight to the international space station blew up on launch in Virginia on Tuesday evening, dealing a significant blow to corporate efforts to develop their share of the lucrative market launching government cargoes.
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies to the station, had been due to take off from Nasa’s Wallops Island Flight Facility on Tuesday evening at 6.22pm.
But the live stream meant to show the rocket heading into the sky over the Atlantic instead showed a mangled mess of steel and flames where the rocket fell after exploding on take-off.
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