The cause of the accident wasn’t immediately known, NASA mission commentator Dan Huot told Reuters. NASA said there were no injuries.
The rocket, made by Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences, is a two-stage launch vehicle designed to ferry payloads to the International Space Station.
"Maintain your consoles," 'Orbital Sciences' mission control said to the roomful of engineers and technicians, monitoring the launch, AP reported. Data from the launch were being collected for an investigation into the cause of the accident.
The rocket was carrying a Cygnus spacecraft packed with 5,055 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and equipment, according to Reuters. The rocket also carried a satellite owned by Planetary Resources, Inc. of Redmond, Wash.
The launch was originally scheduled for yesterday but was postponed after a sailboat ventured into the launch site’s hazard zone—an area of about 1,400 square miles off Wallops Island along Virginia’s eastern shore, NASA said.
Orbital Sciences is one of two companies hired by NASA to fly cargo to the ISS. The other is SpaceX, of Hawthorne, Calif.
The Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB) stock fell after the explosion. As of 6:45 p.m. the share price fell 5.86 points (-19.30%) in after hours trading, after closing at 0.86 (2.91%) higher on the day.
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9 comments:
That's why they don't fire them in Elementary School Yards I guess.
my piss travels further than that rocket did..
Those are the risks! But hey, they see a bunch of poor people and not to smart City, County Leaders and decide to come here. There you have it!!!!!
Remember this is not their home and they do not and will not live here!
But WE DO!!!!!!!!!!!
Juan, fireworks are always fun to see. Get on with the program, Brownsville needs to move on. It is a done deal; therefore, stop crying.
Pinche Space-X doesn't buy surplus Russian rocket motors, but sooner or later THEY WILL litter Boca Chica and probably SPI with hazardous debris.
Get some ear plugs as those folks who own high dollar Island property are going to start screaming when that happens.
I guess Montoya failed to point out that company launching the rocket used cold war era soviet rockets.... You know.... old crap...... decades old equipment. Crappy rockets with a history of failure even though they were bought at a fire sale and modified by Orbital Sciences.
But facts don't get in the way of Juan and his monthly quota of SpaceX ranting does it.
Will it be built by Mexicans? Then definitely. Shit for brains and shit work ethic if they even show up to work.
Like da Mayor said, "give me da money."
"Da mayor" - that's some funny stuff.
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